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(18) sas ai-rahi, the mother-in-law had come, 47. 
(19) nei kune satya, taking it (nena for lena) I threw it into a cor¬ 
ner, 47. 
(20) ai-baitha thande bag, having come he sat in a cool garden, 48. 
(21) muri dekh ! having turned look, 60. (Turn round and look !) 
(r) The following forms of the honorific imperative are worthy of 
notice. 
Kahana, bariyaw lakhara hoyau putraw saheta! 
Be, 0 Kalian, lakhs of years with thy posterity ! 20. 
Juga n tainjtyan, Kahana! Live, thou 0 Kahan, for ages ! 20. 
Hhaydn be ! O do thou eat! 23, 44. 
Tahluyayan t un ! then do thou go ! 23. 
Ghariya^, lohara, diura! make, O blacksmith, a brass-lamp ! 44. 
(s) The contingent future in Panjabi is thus conjugated. 
root: ghall, send. 
Singular. 
1st person ghall an 
2nd person ghallen 
3rd person ghalle 
Plural. 
ghallye 
ghallo or ghalle 
ghallan. 
Instances of it occur in songs 25 and 27. 
(£) The plural form of the indef. perfect in Panjabi is well exhibited 
in the following : 
Rupe dariyan gallan kitiyan, Rupa’s wife made words (spoke) 
41. 
daruye diyan katoriyan pityan, (she) drank cups of wine, 41. 
hakkan mariyan, (he) called out, 46. 
ghar ghar d’rekan phuliyan, (where) the drek trees flower at every 
house. This is an instance of the use of the indef. perf. for 
the indef. imperf., which is common. 
(u ) Future forms are numerous and very irregular in dialectic Pan¬ 
jabi. The following are noteworthy specimens from the songs. 
(i) jah’ng (it) will go, 15 : dili’ng, (he) will give, 15. I have 
also met with hog and howag, (he) will be. 
(ii) rah’nge, (we) will remain, 21. 
(iii) jangha, (I) will go, 23 : panghi (I. fern.) will throw, 45. 
(iv) bik’ge, (we) will be sold, 21. 
There is in the Northern Panjab a very common future form sdn ; 
infl., si, sanJE. g., hojasan, they will become : hosaw, 1 will be : hosi, he 
* [It also occurs in the old Panjabi and in the Marwarf; see Hoernle’s Gaudian 
Grammar, § 509, p. 356. Ed.] 
