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

3. MORPHOLOGY

rK rakh put/keep proactiveness, future use in view
baOz b ́th sit action for or towards self

]z uth rise action for or towards self
phuMca pahũc reach action for completion, direction
cala cal walk direction away, completion
mar mar die completion, lack of control
maar ma:r kill change of state, suddenness

Thus, a compound verb is made of two verbs, the first, the main verb
which expresses its general meaning and, the second, an
explicator/operator which is conjugated for different inflections. A
large number of compound verbs are formed by the combination of
verbs in which the first verb represents the meaning and the
explicator takes all the grammatical inflections. Examples of such
verbs are: Aa jaanaa a: ja:na: ‘to come,’ imala jaanaa mil ja:na: ‘to get,’ Ka laonaa
kha: lena: ‘to eat,’ pI laonaa pi: lena: ‘to drink,’ lao Aanaa le a:na: ‘to
bring,’ KrId laonaa xari:d lena: ‘to buy,’ cala donaa cal dena: ‘to leave,’ kr
baOznaa kar b ́thna: ‘to do,’ kr Dalanaa kar da:lna: ‘to do,’ kr CaoD,naa kar
chorna: ‘to do,’ do donaa de dena: ‘to give.’

21. saBaI baccao samaya pr Aa gae.
    sabhi: bacce samay par a: gaye.
    all children time on came went
    All the children came on time.


22. baccao nao saoba Ka ilayaa.
    bacce ne seb kha: liya:.
    child-erg apple eat took
    The child ate an apple.


23. vah saaro pOsao lao gayaa.
    vah sa:re p ́se le gaya:.
    he all money take went
    He took all the money.


24. ]sanao na[- kar K,rId laI.
    usne nai: ka:r xari:d li:.
    he-erg new car buy took-fs
    He bought a new car.