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HINDUSTANI LANGUAGE.
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The Imperative for the seconcl person singular, or Tlie Root.
20. The imperative for the second person singular is
in this language the most simple form of the verb, or that
radical portion to which some addition is requisite for
the construction of the infinitive, the participles and the
tenses ; it is, also, a common verbal noun ; thus, ju sig-
nifies beat or a beating; speak or speech; *W- desire,
either as a verb or noun.
The Lifinitive.
21. The infinitive is obtained by adding l) (?ia) J (ne)
J (ni) (nm) or jp (niyan) to the root.* The termina-
tion J (ne) is used with certain verbs or with postposi-
tions; J (m) (niri) or jp (niyah) when a feminine noun,
singular or plural, is the object of the verb ; and, U in all
o o
other cases. So byU to beat or a beating, g Jj* on beating,
y O
or, about to beat, Jj* he was applied to beating, or, he
o
began to beat, Joj to speak a language, z\j to
point out the way. This form of the verb is, moreover, in
constant use as a noun of action or a gerund ; thus,
5.
for drinking, J J J\fi for the scike of eating.
* Sometimes tbe Sanskrit verbal noun formed by the addition of
(an) to the root, is used as an infinitive; and is, apparently, the proto-
type of these forms ; so, ci cloing, to do, to make,
G 2
43
The Imperative for the seconcl person singular, or Tlie Root.
20. The imperative for the second person singular is
in this language the most simple form of the verb, or that
radical portion to which some addition is requisite for
the construction of the infinitive, the participles and the
tenses ; it is, also, a common verbal noun ; thus, ju sig-
nifies beat or a beating; speak or speech; *W- desire,
either as a verb or noun.
The Lifinitive.
21. The infinitive is obtained by adding l) (?ia) J (ne)
J (ni) (nm) or jp (niyan) to the root.* The termina-
tion J (ne) is used with certain verbs or with postposi-
tions; J (m) (niri) or jp (niyah) when a feminine noun,
singular or plural, is the object of the verb ; and, U in all
o o
other cases. So byU to beat or a beating, g Jj* on beating,
y O
or, about to beat, Jj* he was applied to beating, or, he
o
began to beat, Joj to speak a language, z\j to
point out the way. This form of the verb is, moreover, in
constant use as a noun of action or a gerund ; thus,
5.
for drinking, J J J\fi for the scike of eating.
* Sometimes tbe Sanskrit verbal noun formed by the addition of
(an) to the root, is used as an infinitive; and is, apparently, the proto-
type of these forms ; so, ci cloing, to do, to make,
G 2