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

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A GRAMMAR OF THE

self completed this; this house is my

o

own ; Jjopj in this very altercation ; ^ uJ\ or

V~ I mll very self > y ~p. ii °f rnyself

I transacted this husiness; at that very (place). And

to c-jT when adopted as an appellative of honour, jJ. is
at times subjoined, or even ^ or if plurality is
mtended.

68. As a mere interrogative, U what f which f is not
applicable to persons; but it is often used threateningly,
or to express satisfaction, astonishment or desire : and,
in these senses, it may be immediately followed by the

G

appellations of iiuman beings ; as, wliat ci scoun-

' P o c; o ✓ co

drel! ^»\j* IC2J LSi dJj\ ^ L£ Lf&j what is

he seeing (or he is astonished at seeing) that a devotee is
suspended heacl downwards in a tree. It may be, also,

' p /o

adopted discriminatively ; as, l£ whether

Hindu or Musalman. In negative sentences, the inter-
rogatives, whether pronouns or adverbs, are idiomatically
preferred to the relatives ; so, DL- ^ *j who

he is I know not ; i—cJlj LT j:\ ^ whence

and when lie came I know not : but, in interrogative sen-
tences, where no negation is expressed, the relative pro-
noun may be substituted for the interrogative ; as,

G f ^ L, * . O "

y*i l .^■v.L? mstead ot L&^ l—tfc ^ f