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English-Bashgali Sentences. 
1178. The fruit is ripe in Drosh but 
in Chitral it is not yet ripe, 
because cold winds prevail 
there. 
1179. The apricots don’t ripen this 
year, for there is no sun¬ 
shine. I fear they never 
will ripen, 
1180. Rise! why don’t you rise P 1 
have awoke you (caused to 
rise) three times : the sun 
has risen, and is clearly 
visible. 
1181. Cross the pari (or built up 
precipice road) by all means 
(there is no fear) ; if you go 
close to its edge, there is a 
risk of your falling (I fear 
you will fall). 
1182. The river is very full of water. 
1183. In summer there is not a ford 
in this river; owing to snow 
melting, the water reaches 
up to your chest, and some¬ 
times up to the neck. 
1184. The road is good. There is no 
cornice (built up road) be¬ 
tween Drosh and Gairath. 
A donkey can go; perhaps 
a horse can go, but a camel 
cannot go. 
1185. Roast this bit of ram’s flesh for 
my three coolies. 
1186. Chanlu has robbed five rupees 
from Mirak. 
1187. That is not the case. Mirak is 
himself a robber, and is too 
wideawake to allow Chanlu 
to rob even a stone from him. 
Dry us kachivach pagistai, Shdral 
starak wik ^’pagistai, ikid duga 
aki bilugh yuts damn ushtett. 
Incc se yur napss, ikie duga sen na 
pagann. 0 babdi kshdtam kui di 
na pagala. 
Uslita ! Tu kai duga n’otich ? Troi 
wor tu uteash: su pti, lesst 
waron ett, 
Ushtiwn ta pdr 1, kai widerasth 
n'ess ; o wideram tu pachure 
elosh tu piltilosh. 
Gologh (gol flglij bilugh ess. 
Wazdur inn fr’gul ta e dz tur n’ass; 
kui zim vilnaba do pa chuk wik 
bibn, km Vgarak piu butt. 
Putt lesst ass . Dryus ste Gairath 
p’mzsh e di ushti n’ai . Kur wel 
ass; shtal& ushp weli, ushtar na 
weli. 
Inn parmenstuk mazharle ano pacho 
idst troi barwai dugd. 
Chdiu Mirak ste pdch tang shtar 
kristai. 
Inn wari tick na bunn. Mirak mi 
shtar ass, bilugh kshul manchi 
ess, Chain Mirak] ste e vott di 
ng&n’batt . 
