A Grammar of the Pu To, Pus To, or Language of the Afg ANS; Together with Translations from the Articles of War, and Remarks on the Language, Literature, and Descent of the Afg N Tribes by Henry George Raverty (Paperback / softback, 2013)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...i. thou shalt, or wilt have J o-j2 you shall, w will have become. become., j ij yi, aryi, ijifi he, she, it, shall, or will-j ju.ji & they shall, or will have become, have become. Also called the Doubtful fast Tense. EXAMPLES. Perhaps my cleverness Mat Have Been the cause of his aversion, since the swiftness of the swift horse becometh the cause of his fatigue. --Kahlah wo Damnah. The o of this tense is sometimes omitted, as in the following example: The lustre and polish of the false muhar may doubtless continue, Until the glance of the money-changer Shall t Have Fallen on it. --jEabd-ur-Rahman. j Imperative Mood. SINOULA.K. PLURAL. ti or Li j become thou. (--i or (-J j become you.-i J or Jit j J tjtb let him, her, or it, become. Ji, J or-i j J A& let them become. EXAMPLE. In the blackest darkness, if thou desirest light, Become a spectator of the curls and countenance of the beloved. --JEabd-ul-Hamid. The prefixed j of this mood, like the __ of the Persian imperative, is often omitted as redundant, as in the example above given. TKANSITIVE AND INTKANSIT IVE VEEBS..Xfc j ijl Jl afceaal-i-laziml wo mutaceaddl. jAi. Infinitive. 150. All infinitives in the Pushto language end in J I, Ji edal, or Jj uml; as, Jj, li sharbal, 'to churn, ' J-xi gaddedal, 'to mix, ' Jjjt drwedal, 'to hear, ' Jjlxj ddakedal, 'to fill, ' Jjjy tawdawml, 'to make hot, ' etc. Verbs which merely take J in forming the infinitive are hoth transitive and intransitive; those which take Jl are, without exception, intransitives;f and those ending in Jj are all transitives. An Indian gold coin. t The iJj of Borne verbs are radical letters, and therefore should t be confounded with the affixed JX of some intransitives; as, for...