Simplified Grammar of Hindūstāni, Persian and ArabicKegan Paul, 1906 - 104 pages |
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... sound only heard in Arabic : in India it is not often pronounced . A guttural sound something like the French r grasseyé . As in English . A very guttural k , like ck in thick , only much stronger . As in English , but g is always hard ...
... sound only heard in Arabic : in India it is not often pronounced . A guttural sound something like the French r grasseyé . As in English . A very guttural k , like ck in thick , only much stronger . As in English , but g is always hard ...
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... sounds like the French n in bon ; before b or f it is sounded as m . Nearly as in English , but a little in- clined to v . Waw , w 8 He h As in English . S Ye y These are joined to the preceding letter by prefixing a small turve or ...
... sounds like the French n in bon ; before b or f it is sounded as m . Nearly as in English , but a little in- clined to v . Waw , w 8 He h As in English . S Ye y These are joined to the preceding letter by prefixing a small turve or ...
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... sound , like the Cockney mode of pronouncing the g in garden , ' gyarden . " When it occurs between two vowels it is ... sounds , u and i , called ♢ maʼrūƒ , “ known , " and o and é , called Jus majhūl , unknown . " The modern native of ...
... sound , like the Cockney mode of pronouncing the g in garden , ' gyarden . " When it occurs between two vowels it is ... sounds , u and i , called ♢ maʼrūƒ , “ known , " and o and é , called Jus majhūl , unknown . " The modern native of ...
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... termination in an , though the final nasal n is dispensed with in the first person ; thus , Lo mā , us or our . " itan , " you or yours . " shan , " them or theirs . " INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS . As in Hindūstānī , the sound asks.
... termination in an , though the final nasal n is dispensed with in the first person ; thus , Lo mā , us or our . " itan , " you or yours . " shan , " them or theirs . " INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS . As in Hindūstānī , the sound asks.
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Edward Henry Palmer. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS . As in Hindūstānī , the sound asks a question relative to rational beings ; as Skih , " who ? " and the corresponding soft sound asks a question relative to irrational things ; as chi , 66 ...
Edward Henry Palmer. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS . As in Hindūstānī , the sound asks a question relative to rational beings ; as Skih , " who ? " and the corresponding soft sound asks a question relative to irrational things ; as chi , 66 ...
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adding adjective affixed pronoun agent alfin aorist Arabic Arabic grammar arrive ashara ashrata AUXILIARY VERB become broken plurals changes COMPOUND WORDS construction derived forms dharaba DUAL E. H. PALMER English euphonic expressed façala faɛɛala feminine FORMS OF NOUNS formula gender grammars Hindustani idea imperative implies indefinite inflected IRREGULAR VERBS ishrūna jānā karda kesrah languages Latin letter mard Masc masculine modifications noun of action objective ORDINAL NUMBERS participle passive past Persian person predicate prefixing preposition preterite PRONUNCIATION radical rajulin rasam rasida root Sanscrit sentence shudan signifies singular sound spiritus lenis struck SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive syllable SYNTAX TABLE OF DERIVED tafil tense tenwin termination thing thou tive TRILITERAL vowel weak consonants Xayaza yadhrubu Zeid Zeidun ألف اس ان دار دو ضرب عل فاعل فعل کا کو مرد مين می مین نے ون
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Page 9 - Arabic words of the form jj_«j tafll, 1 are feminine. Some words are arbitrary in their gender, just as in English a ship is feminine. These must be learnt by practice. Words not included in the above categories are masculine. COMPARISON. This is made by putting the noun with which comparison is made in the ablative or instrumental case with er i se, and leaving the adjective unchanged; as ,.&, lf>-! <-,) <jwl l£jJ -^ yih larM us »e achchha hai, " This boy is better than that.