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

3. MORPHOLOGY

65. [sako ibanaa BaI kama haogaa.
    iske bina: bhi: ka:m hoga:.
    this-gen-obl without part work be-fut
    The work can be done even without it.


66. ]sako badlao BaI kao[- nahIM Aayaa.
    uske badle bhi: koyi: nahĩ: a:ya:.
    he-gen-obl place part someone neg came
    No one came in his place.

The particle BaI bhi: used with AaOr ør ‘and’ indicates the meaning of

‘more.’

67. naIlaI saaD,I maoM vah AaOr BaI sauMdr lagatI hO.
    ni:li: sa:ri: mẽ vah ør bhi: sundar lagti: h ́.
    blue saree in she more beautiful appear-ptc-is
    She appears more beautiful in a blue sari.


68. AaOr BaI AcCa huAa.
    ør bhi: accha: hua:.
    more good happened
    It is better still.

From the semantic point of view, BaI bhi: represents different
meanings depending on its use in different contexts. The meanings
are represented in the following examples.

69. kama Aasaana BaI hO AaOr idlacasp BaI.
    ka:m a:sa:n bhi: h ́ ør dilcasp bhi:.
    work easy part is and interesting part
    The work is easy and interesting, too.


70. vah maoro saaqa baaolata BaI nahIM.
    vah mere sa:th bolta: bhi: nahĩ:.
    he I-poss-obl with speak-ptc part neg
    He doesn’t even talk with me.