3. MORPHOLOGY
- naIlaI saaD,I maoM vah AaOr BaI sauMdr lagatI hO.
ni:li: sa:ri: mẽ vah ør bhi: sundar lagti: h ́.
blue sari in she more part beautiful appear is
She looks more beautiful in the blue sari.
76a. naIlaI saaD,I maoM vah AaOr hI sauMdr lagatI hO.
ni:li: sa:ri: mẽ vah ør hi: sundar lagti: h ́.
3.6.2. The Particle hI hi:
The particle hI hi: is generally used for emphasis and also in the
sense of ‘exclusiveness’ or ‘alone.’ As indicated above, the particle
hI hi: can be used as an emphatic marker with nouns. It can also be
used with different types of pronouns in both the direct and the
oblique cases: maOM hI m ́~ hi: ‘I myself,’ tU hI tu: hi: ‘thou thyself,’ Aap hI
a:p hi: ‘you yourself,’ kao[- hI koi: hi: ‘hardly anyone,’ kuC hI kuch hi:
‘hardly anything,’ ‘hardly a few.’
- maOM hI Aa}Ðgaa.
m ́~ hi: a:ũ:ga:.
I past come-fut
I will come myself. - Aap hI bata[e.
a:p hi: bata:yiye.
you part say
You say (it) yourself. - kao[- hI yah kama kr sakta hO.
koyi: hi: yah ka:m kar sakta: h ́.
any part this work do able-ptc aux
Hardly anyone can do this work. - kuC hI laaoga Aae qao.
kuch hi: log a:ye the.
some part people came aux
Hardly a few people had come.
Adding the emphatic particle hI hi: to certain words results in certain
phonological changes.