Hindústáni as it ought to be spoken

University Of California Libraries, J. (John) Tweedie

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HINDUSTANI IT OUGHT TO BE SPOKEN.>\S BY J. TWEEDIE, Civil Service.Bengal ' It is when come to think ofreally surprising, you it, how ungrammati- docally talk."people Third Edition. Otalrutta THACKER, &SPINK Co. LONDON: W. THACKER& CREEDCO., 2, LUDGATELANE, HILL. 1900. \All rights reserved.}LOAN STACK SP1NK & CALCUT'lA.PRINTED BY THACKER, CO.,r? PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. THE Author must his at this little workexpress regret been out of for a time. His excuse is thehaving print with which the First Edition wasunexpected rapidity toabsorbed the It is, however, satisfactoryby public. the for which itknow that the book is fulfilling purpose was in awritten and has; become, great measure,already the which those who must knowevenbook, eventually the vernacular in order to aread,character, gain rapid the and aof the construction of language, largeknowledge stock of words and is thenguaranteed phrases. Nothing left but to the Vernacularstudy Alphabet. ThisThe volume is than itspresent larger predecessor. is the Author that therebecause reachedmany complaints was too little in the book. The was for more. Thiscry is a on the other there were com-hand,good sign. But, ' ' of words onceto rememberplaints only giveninability "in allthe course of the Lessons." The ofcollecting into the Glossaries atwords in the of the bookgiven body the is one cause of the increase 1 size.end, Another is that the number of Exercises onhas, demand, ofbeen added the introductionto,largely implying many additional words. It has been considered to retain in the ofproper body now alsothe book the lists of words there given, though to be found in the Glossaries. are selected wordsThey 52VJii PREFACE. one must know andin the of the Author, ;which, opinion them or not as stand above thewhether one learns they ifExercises one would never learn them, theycertainly " stood in a Dictionary."only