98 
English-Bashgal! Sentences. 
635. I heard the sound of a gun ; 
didn’t you hear it ? 
636. On the hearth are many ashes : 
sweep them up with a 
broom. 
637. Inside this fort is much heat : 
there is no wind. 
638. Take away this ghi and heat 
it, and then bring it back. 
639. The coolies say our loads are 
very heavy ; we cannot go. 
640. Make a hedge of thorns around 
my field. 
641. Yesterday I walked much ; 
my heeVs skin is come oil. 
642. The Kafirs have never heard 
of a Hell. 
643. The Kafirs do not know (the 
difference between) Heaven* 
and Hell. 
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644. Give me help ; I am tired ; I 
am done up ; I can't lift my 
load. 
645. All my fowls are hens, I have 
not even one cock. 
646. Get out! Henceforth I won’t 
see you at my house. 
647. Pir Khan’s son is the hench¬ 
man (or food distributor) of 
the Mehtar, and Mir Khan 
is his cook. 
648. Last year a herd of ibex was 
herding on this hill tcp. 
649. Come here. I’ll whisper some¬ 
thing (some word) to you. 
Tapke wanistha id p’kor gwd : tu 
p’kor n’gwa ? 
Id postao assd le ass ; skd mesh 
ska . 
Kdlo ta atur tab le butt : dumi 
ness. 
Ano ngdti tapeti giats. 
Barwai ivari kuttett emd bor gano 
ai ; emd e na bam. 
Id ptul pacliuretann watarawa (?) 
kshir. 
Dus b Hugh piling am; iast kurkta 
cham petangwd. 
Kato td p’kor ngosd dsudsuk assd 
kati. 
Kata dsudsuk oje bihishte ( badiste) 
n'zartett. 
Id mesh puru kshl; gatrd bosam; 
f\J W , 
anlo wopsanasum ; id bor ngd 
n’battam. 
Id sang ishtrl kakkak aiesth ; e di 
nai kakkak n*aiesth. 
Brets! Ie! p’starak ste p’amu 
nwrantam. 
Pir Khan pitrs mehr buri churz 
oje Mir Khan mehr ano kchdl 
ess. 
Pd se marish e dom ind bado p'khur 
dom tiness. 
Ani ats. Tu wan p’kor ajholam. 
* It appears there are no words, except the evidently Persian words, for heaven 
and hell. 
In “Account of the Kingdom of Caubul ” (Elphinstone) the words “ Burryle 
boola ” and “Burry duggar boola ” are given for heaven and hell. Le bola means 
“ is good,” and digar bola “ is bad,” In the Bashgali there is a word bare which 
means “fate, hope, luck.” 
