Shakespear, John: A grammar of the Hindustani language (London, 1826)

HINDUSTANI LANGUAGE.

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Or,

Singular.
\J I

Plural.

y

hc

~ shall,will,OY

> ^ "'l

may have


\ go??e; or

fiip j ye )

might,


„ &c. go.


Jyb

Posf Conditional or Optative Tense.

Ij\ would to
_ God,I,Scc.
had gone;
\J ( y ^ or, then J,
o &c. should
^ have gone,
&c.


r 'N


r*







may have
gone; or
might,
&c. go.

If. would to

God,weSc c.
XV/S

had gone;
or,then we,
o &c. should
^ have gone,
& c.

Present Indefinite Tense.

i ^Tg°-

1

^ «>e go.

* \ p thou goest.

\yV<

ye g°-

(. ^ he goes.

1

tliey g°

* With a conditional conjunction or an adverb of wishing, this fonn
of the verb, like the tense immediately preceding, is usually termed
the conditional or optative; but, it may be still equally well understood
as the simple present.