HINDUSTANI LANGUAGE.
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^ 0 ^ G ,
S2Y/S about to die; tjbU- bU. or JLkW- bU- Ae or s/?e wishes
o c
go, or is *o go; LaU- l/J to wish to write, £o about
to write :* and when used in this constmction, the regular
past forms L« and l)U. are preferred to the more common,
though irregular, and l/as exemplified above.
c
9thly. Frequentatives, obtained by adding \jj to clo, to
make, in any form of its conjugation, to the past partici-
ple of a verb, which is used invariably in the uninflected
form of the masculine singular whatever the governing
c # o
noun may be ; so, ljj hU. to be in the habit of going, In
c ^
to mcike a practice of coming, b/ U lie makes a practice
of guarding. In this compound, too, IU is adopted and
not L?.
lOthly. Continuatives, formed by adding bU io go or
o *
Uj to remain, regularly conjugated, to a present partici-
ple, which agrees in gender and number with the govern-
ing noun ; so, l&j liU he continued going, he went entireli)
ciwap, j> JU shc contmues weeping, ja j&jj or
/ O/ co
jjb jjbj j&jj they (males) continue reading.
llthly. Statisticals, formed by adding a verb, regularly
* The inflected infinitive of a verb, however, is sometimes, though
o ?
but very rarely, used before ; as, lUU JU • ,L>- J wherever
thou shalt wish to go.
I
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^ 0 ^ G ,
S2Y/S about to die; tjbU- bU. or JLkW- bU- Ae or s/?e wishes
o c
go, or is *o go; LaU- l/J to wish to write, £o about
to write :* and when used in this constmction, the regular
past forms L« and l)U. are preferred to the more common,
though irregular, and l/as exemplified above.
c
9thly. Frequentatives, obtained by adding \jj to clo, to
make, in any form of its conjugation, to the past partici-
ple of a verb, which is used invariably in the uninflected
form of the masculine singular whatever the governing
c # o
noun may be ; so, ljj hU. to be in the habit of going, In
c ^
to mcike a practice of coming, b/ U lie makes a practice
of guarding. In this compound, too, IU is adopted and
not L?.
lOthly. Continuatives, formed by adding bU io go or
o *
Uj to remain, regularly conjugated, to a present partici-
ple, which agrees in gender and number with the govern-
ing noun ; so, l&j liU he continued going, he went entireli)
ciwap, j> JU shc contmues weeping, ja j&jj or
/ O/ co
jjb jjbj j&jj they (males) continue reading.
llthly. Statisticals, formed by adding a verb, regularly
* The inflected infinitive of a verb, however, is sometimes, though
o ?
but very rarely, used before ; as, lUU JU • ,L>- J wherever
thou shalt wish to go.
I