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What's special about the Sindhi language and why you should care

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Verbs as adjectives <strong>and</strong> adverbs<br />

halau<br />

halaio<br />

hal<strong>and</strong>o<br />

halyalu, halyo<br />

hal<strong>and</strong>e<br />

hali, hali kare<br />

`to go’<br />

`<strong>about</strong> to taken’<br />

`going’<br />

`went’<br />

`(as he was) going’<br />

`(as he) went’<br />

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Finite Verbs (many of <strong>the</strong>m)<br />

hale `if he goes’ halyo `he went’<br />

hale to `he goes’ halyo ahe `he has gone’<br />

hale ha `had he gone’ halyo huyo `he had gone’<br />

hal<strong>and</strong>o `he will go’ halyo hundo `he must have gone’<br />

hal<strong>and</strong>o ahe `he goes’ halyo huje `he may have gone’<br />

hal<strong>and</strong>o huyo `he used to go’ halyo <strong>the</strong> `he would go’<br />

hal<strong>and</strong>o hundo<br />

hal<strong>and</strong>o huje<br />

hali rahyo ahe<br />

`he is probably<br />

going’<br />

`(perhaps) he<br />

goes’<br />

`he is going’<br />

halu<br />

halo, halije<br />

`Go!’ (rude)<br />

`Go!’ (polite)<br />

hali rahyo huyo<br />

`he was going’<br />

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