Modern Hindi Grammar - Indian Institute of Language Studies (IILS)

4. SYNTAX vakIla kao Apnao pr pUra Baraosaa hO. vaki:l ko apne par pu:ra: bharosa: h ́. advocate-dat refl-obl on full confidenc ...

4. SYNTAX Backward deletion is not possible. 11b. *maaÐ nao kha ik Ø/vah (i) baoTa (i) p~ ilaKo. *mã: ne kaha: ki Ø /vah (i) bet ...

4. SYNTAX dulhna Apnao dUlho kao psaMd hO. dulhan apne du:lhe ko pasand h ́. bride refl-obl bridegroom-dat like is The bride is ...

4. SYNTAX Suman refl clothes iron do-ptc is Suman irons the clothes herself. There are no separate pronominal reflexive pronouns ...

4. SYNTAX Masculine Feminine Sg Pl Sg Pl Apnaa apna: Apnao apne ApnaI apni: ApnaI apni: maOM Apnaa /maora kmara saaf kr rha hUÐ ...

4. SYNTAX he his shirt stitch-prog is He (i) is stitching his (j) shirt. vah (i) ]nako (j) baccao pZ,a rha hO. vah (i) unke (j) ...

4. SYNTAX Sentence (22) is ambiguous because the reflexive pronoun is co- referential with the subject of the subordinate as wel ...

4. SYNTAX (ii) Generic/implied antecedent Apnaa samaya naYT krnaa zIk nahIM hOOo. apna: samay našt karna: thi:k nahĩ: h ́. re ...

4. SYNTAX Indirect object ]nhaoMnao ek dUsaro kao ]phar ide. unhõne ek du:sre ko upha:r diye. they-erg one another-obl presents ...

4. SYNTAX ek dUsaro ko saaqa baatoM mat krao. ek du:sre ke sa:th ba:tẽ mat karo. one another-obl with talk don’t do Don’t talk ...

4. SYNTAX ivajaya Apnao iptajaI ko barabar/ samaana laMbaa hOO. vijay apne pita:ji: ke bara:bar/sama:n lamba: h ́. Vijay selfs ...

4. SYNTAX ]maa AaOr Anau ek jaOsaI hOM. uma: ør anu ek j ́si: h ́~. Uma and Anu alike are Uma and Anu are alike. Equative adje ...

4. SYNTAX The bracketed elements can be deleted to yield (15a). 15a. ]maa ]tnaI laMbaI hO ijatnaI Anau. uma utni: lambi: h ́ jit ...

4. SYNTAX The relative clause can follow the correlative clause. 2a. vah ]tnaa pOsaa nahIM kmaata, ̧ ijatnaa pirEama krta hO. va ...

4. SYNTAX vah poD, [sa poD, ko maukabalao maoM laMbaa nahIM hOO. vah per is per ke muka:ble mẽ lamba: nahĩ: h ́. that tree th ...

4. SYNTAX 4.3.11. Superlatives Superlatives are usually expressed by substituting saba sao AiQak sab se adhik ‘most’, savaao-tma ...

4. SYNTAX 4.3.12. Coordination Sentence coordination is marked mainly by the use of the conjunction morphemes AaOr ør ‘and’ yaa ...

4. SYNTAX 4a. Aaja vaYaa- haogaI. a:j varša: hogi:. It will rain today. 4b. Aaja ihmapat haogaa. a:j himpa:t hoga:. It will snow ...

4. SYNTAX conjuncts is interchangeable if a coordinate sentence expresses contrast or cumulative effect. Consider the following ...

4. SYNTAX 10a. vah svasqa huAa AaOr ]sanao dvaa[- Ka[-. vah svasth hua: ør usne dava:i: kha:i:. caaor kao gaaolaI lagaI AaOr va ...