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

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A GRAMMAR OF TFIE

Or,

Singular.

G i P S

Ei . ifi1

y 9 9

\&J yJ ttlOlil

'? 9 9

Ej % KJ& ' **' “y /i C

> * ,

^fi) j*J5 we

<J)n* f ye <

G S. p

thcy

Plural.

.s7w//, wilt or
may have
been, &c.
or shoulcl
. 6e, &c.

L> »fi> 1 «fi> \

shall, will or
may have
been, &c.
or should
. 6e, &c.

P«,s/ Conditional or Optcitive Tense.

if, would to
^ God,we,Scc.
been,

or, then we
should have
been, &c.


If, would to


r



r*

Gocl,I,&c.

< -

\ hacl been,

J or, then I


f- >

rJ


Q

shoulclhave



9

L c* J

been, &o.


- hfi j

’b

Present Indefinite Tense.


r" v

/ become.

|

<

9

becomest.



v lie becomes.

1

j*.a> z^e become.

9

j*J ye become.
they become.

* When a conditional conjunction or an adverb of wishing accom-
panies this form of the verb, it is generally called the Conditional,
or Optative, and the sense is very similar to that of the tense last

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preceding; so, • ..^ y>. if I had been, b'ys y then he might be,
or, might have been, &c. But it may be still understood as the
simple, Present.