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

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A GRAMMAR OF THE

Past Conditional or Optative Tense.

Singular.

Lf wj \


If\ would

to God,


c*

< 1

__ I, &c.

had been

called; or,

q tlien I

(Jy» \

r?>


&c. would



p

liave been



\

called.



Piural.

ku would
to God,

__ we, &c.
4. /irtc? 6ee«

o

%

tlien

we.

Present Indejhiite Tense.

[ I am called.


* \ f

\fh \ y thouart called.


1 he is called.

1

Sce. would
have been
called.

we are called.

they arecalled.

Imperfect or Present Past Tense.

we were called.
jd y ye were called.

tkeywerecalled.

I was called.

f I f

V yb \ y thou wast called.

he was called.

* With a conditional eonjunction or an adverb of wishing, expressed
or understood, this form of the verb may convey a conditional or
optative sense, similar to the tense immediately preceding.