172 John Beames —Grammar of Chond Bardai. [No. 2, 
scheme of the pronouns as far as I have found them, or can construct them 
from analogy. The latter are in brackets. 
1st Person. 
Sing. Nom. §f, 
Oblique ijf%, iiT, ^ 
Genitive ifr, and °ft 
Plur. Nom. 
Oblique 
Genitive 
3rd Person. 
Sing. Nom. ^TT. he 
2nd Person. 
#if%, 'st, gsi 
m, oft of. 
rjiT occasionally in Gatha 
[g^rcr] oft 
Obi. ?nf%, rTT 
Gen. ?TT ^ffT etc. 
PI. Nom. w ^ 
Obi. frffa, f?R, frT^r 
Gen. 
this ^ 
*nf%, 
"£IT<?\T etc. 
’•N 
T*f #T 
'3'^ that '3^'. 
^Tf%. 
^TT^T etc. 
■<? 
[^T] ^T. 
[^T%T] 
Of other forms 
series shortened at 
cTTfvr is shortened into f?rft, and thus corresponds with f^rf% (pi. f^TpT and 
fsj^) from ^rf. 
' ^ 
The interrogative is or ^T, oblique pi. f%«T. 
may be cited f%?PTT and its series, also ^rr and its 
times to etc. A curious double form occurs in the lines 
^ f TT 11 
<TTT% WQ =fT JIT%^ II 
He of whom there is no body, 
Him in what way can one catch P I. 161. 8. 
I suspect % here to be a relic of the verb Tear, as in the same passage 
occurs the phrase 
fsref II 
fTT^t II 
Where the sight does not penetrate 
There in what way can one see ? ib. 4. 
It would mean in full 4 how having done ? in what manner having 
acted.’ The oblique form of the plural is used adverbially for ‘ how ?,’ and 
takes anuswara as in the first of the two last quoted instances. In the 
following it stands alone— 
f sfrlr n I. 154. 4. 
J 
How did Sarang He make war ? 
For farcHTT and its series we have also ^?TT and the rest. 
^ «PC ff* TTT H 
vnj ^ ^ ii I. 162. 3-4. 
How many men, and Bajarshis, 
Have there been (and) gods and demons of you. 
