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

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3. MORPHOLOGY


kao[- kao[- koi: koi: some, a few (archaic)
saba kao[- sab koi: all, everybody (archaic)
hr kao[- har koi: all, everybody
kao[- koi: na koi: someone or the other
kao[- kao[- koi: ... koi: some ... others or one ... another
kuC na kuC kuch na kuch something or the other
kuC ka kuC kuch ka: kuch something different from expected
saba kuC sab kuch everything
bahut kuC bahut kuch a great deal
kuC kuC kuch kuch somewhat, a little
kao[- AaOr koi: ør someone else


AaOr kao[- ør koi: someone else


kao[- dUsara koi: du:sra: someone else
kuC AaOr kuch ør something else, a little more


AaOr kuC ør kuch something else


kuC ... kuC kuch ... kuch some ... some (Conjunctive)
kao[- saa koi: sa: anything, something
kao[- saa køn sa: which one


kaOna kaOna køn køn which persons, which ones


@yaa @yaa kya: kya: which things
@yaa sao @yaa kya: se kya: something contrary to expectations
@yaa @yaa kya: ... kya: equally, without difference
Aapsa maoM kI a:pas mẽ/ki: each other, one another


All the pronouns can be combined with the emphatic particle hI hi:
like maOM hI m ́~ hi: ‘I myself,’ tU hI tu: hi: ‘thou thyself,’ Aap hI a:p hi:
‘you yourself,’ kao[- hI koi: hi: ‘hardly any one,’ and kuC hI kuch hi:
‘hardly a few.’ Note that most of these compounds are affected by
Sandhi and are modified: mauJa mujh + hI hi: = mauJaI mujhi:, tuJa tujh + hI
hi: = tuJaI tujhi:, hma ham + hI hi: = hmhI hamhi: , tuma tum + hI hi: = tumhI
atumhi:, vah vah +hI hi: = vahI vahi:, yah yeh + hI hi: = yahI yahi:, ]sa us +
hI hi: = ]saI usi:, [sa is + hI hi: = [saI isi:, iksa kis + hI hi: = iksaI kisi:, [na
in +hI hi: = [nhI inhi:, ]na un + hI hi: = ]nhI unhi:, ijana jin + hI hi: + ijanhI
jinhi:, ikna kin + hI hi: = iknhI kinhi:.


3.3. Adjectives


Adjectives in Hindi can be classified into two groups: (i) inflected
and (ii) uninflected.

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