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AUGUST, 1899.]
ESSAYS ON KASMIRI GRAMMAR.
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8. The Interrogative Pronoun.
246. cms lous, who P Masculine Feminine.
Neater.
Singular. Nom., Acc. ... wus kus s kong dis kya, sus kyah Instr. ... ... pa kami kami As kami Dat. Ab., Loc. vnos kamie or cow's ten iš kath . ... alias, aina pr kami-sond or karond, esus kamyuk.
Plural, Nom.. Aco. ps kam as kamą ps kam
Gen. ...
..
Skam
e
kam
Instr. ...
s kaman.
Dat.)
...
contar kaman.
Abl. ... Loc. J Gen. ...
...
Uus kaman-hond
ides kya is used adjectivally for all genders in reference to all inanimate things; e. g., wige s kya jawab (m.), what answer ppt dus kya kôm (fem.), what deed ? 0 143 ass kya gawdhi, what testimony ? M dys kya badi, what evil? así coskus aką, means, 'who ? E. g. "; d*así as kus aką chhu si (Mattb. vii. 9 ; xii. 11), who is it, that ?
9. Indefinite Pronouns.
5247. t kah, mis käh or kah,
ran or ken, t
s kan or $47k kantshah, anyon wn or
k antshah, anyone, someone; with (aj na), no one ; is, in the singular, always declined as a feminine, even when referring to a masculine noun. Thus:
Singular, Instr., Dat., s. kónsi, or duris kainsi: Glen., sia dal & si-hond.
Plaral, Nom. (m. f. n.) is Iceh,
in kents ; Instr.
S kontsau.
Dat. w kontsan. Throughout the n of the base is pronounced as in the French
word bon.
anything.' It remains unchanged throughout
** led ntahdh or mis keh, means its declension.]
