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

3. MORPHOLOGY

gaaya ka saa mauMh ga:y ka: sa: mũh a face like that of a cow
]nako sao kpD,o unke se kapre clothes similar to his
maorI meri:/ torI saI naak teteri: si: na:k a nose like mine/yours

saa sa: may be replaced by jaOsaa j ́sa: with nouns and pronouns (other

than indefinite or interrogative ones.)

baMdr saa/jaOsaa bandar sa:/j ́sa: similar to a monkey

tuma saa/jaOsaa tum sa:/j ́sa: like you

The forms of saa sa: can be added to kao[- koi: and kaOna køn to indicate

‘any one,’ and ‘which one’ respectively.

kao[- saa rMga koi:-sa: raη any color
kao[- saI kmaIja, koi:-si: kami:z any shirt
kaOna saa kaoT køn-sa: kot which coat

kaOna saI kmaIja, køn-si: kami:z which shirt

3.3.6. Numerals

Numerals are adjectives indicating number. They may by divided
into cardinals, ordinals, or multiplicatives.

3.3.6.1. Cardinals

Cardinal numeral forms in Hindi are given below.

ek ek 1 dao do 2
tIna ti:n 3 caar ca:r 4
paÐca pã:c 5 Co che 6
saat sa:t 7 Aaz a:th 8
naaO nav 9 dsa das 10
gyaarh gia:rah 11 baarh ba:rah 12
torh terah 13 caaOdh cødah 14

pMd`h pandrah 15 saaolah solah 16
sa~h satrah 17 Azarh atha:rah 18
]nnaIsa unni:s 19 baIsa bi:s 20
[@kIsa ikki:s 21 baa[-sa ba:i:s 22