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Verbs. 
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necessary for euphony, with a consonant, as awesth, to bring, root awe, 
past awerd. When used with a feminine Substantive it changes its 
termination to agree with it, as, the man died, manchi mrd ; the woman 
died, isjitrl mri. Khan Sahib Abdnl Hakim Khan says he thinks there 
is no form, such as “ he has eaten,” “ he has gone,” as the Bashgalis only 
know the past in the sense “he ate, he went, etc.” 
47. Pluperfect—(I had done)—is formed from the root by adding is&i, 
as amjissi , I had put on clothes. 
48. The second person singular of the Imperative is generally formed 
from the root by adding a long vowel (preceded by a consonant, for 
euphony, if necessary), as shiwe, sew thou ; namo, show thou; Tcsht , do thou ; 
id, eat. Where the root is a monosyllable ending in a long vowel, such as 
pre, that becomes the Imperative. The remaining tenses of the Imperative 
seem almost the same as the Future. 
49. The Conditional—(if you do, when you shall do, when you 
shall have done)—is formed by adding bd to the Present, Future, or Past: 
as karbd, if I should do ; enji bd, if you go. Sometimes tan is used 
in place of bd ; and, for sake of euphony, some slight change of letters, so 
as not to clash with bd or tan, takes place. 
50. The Interrogative is formed usually by adding d i id, or some¬ 
times l, as— 
tu purjitish-d ots shtar assum-d ? dost thou think I am a thief P 
tu ettislii-d ? art thou going P 
tu ko ptd’sh-i ? who gave thee ? 
51. Phrases such as “ at the time of my going ” (a form of Gerund), 
are rendered thus, i en da (ta). 
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