History of Bengali Language and Literature c6.s8.44

c6.s8.44

The participle forms in Prākrita শুনিত, লভিত, লই, করিত pass through slight changes in Bengali. Prākrita অচ্ছি changed to আছি and আছে, joins itself to other verbs, and forms the origin of the present participle in Bengali. Such forms as করিয়া + আছে, করিয়াছে, করেছে and কচ্ছে are thus accounted for. The Sanskrit form আসীৎ, changed to the Bengali আছিল forms in the same manner the suffix of Bengali verbs in the past tense, such as করিয়া + আছিল, করিয়াছিল, and দেখিয়া + আছিল, দেখিয়াছিল etc. In the backward villages of Bengal the two words are still often used separately in the present participle forms, such as করিতে—আছে, খাইতে—আছে। There are numerous instances of Prākrita and Sanskrit forms of verbs being used in the works which we have dealt with in this chapter. Such for instance as করোসি, যায়ন্তি, বলন্তি &c., We quote some examples below :—