Indian Antiquary Vol 25

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(JANUARY, 1896.
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Personal Pronoun.
Suffix, (1) wins', us
(2) as toks, you Plural.
(3) putim, them (masc.) /
doj time, them (fem.) Note that, in the full forms, the Nominative is the same as the Aconeative. In the second pers. sing. and in the first person of both numbers, however, the Accusative usnally takes the form of the Dative.
3. Instrumental, (1) do me, by me
(2) dp toe, by the Singular.
(3) pštami, by him į só tami, by her
f (1) agí asi, by us Plural. (2) mad tohi, by you { (3) jul timau, by them (m. f.)
Dative. 7 (1) as me, to mo Singular. (2) 4 tse, to the
(3) má tao, to him or her
(1) domí asi, to us Plural. { (2) mí toki, to you
8, va | (3) was timan, to them (m. t.) [NOTE. - There is no suffix for the Nominative plural, and that the suffixes of the plural of the 2nd and 3rd persons are the same for all cases.]
REMARKS ON THE SUFFIXES. 48. It must be noted as a peculiarity of the Kasmiri idiom, that all pronominal snffixes are, so to speak, Relative, - that is to say, that they invariably refer to some preceding or following noun or pronoun, and are thus, properly speaking, pleonastic. A Kasmiri does not say, "he killed the inan," but "the man, he killed him," or "he killed him, the man." He does not say, "I will give to thee,” but “to thee will I give-to-thee." Hence we find piggistid bo balráva-k (causal of balm, to be in good health) tim, I will heal-them them. We also,
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