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

4. SYNTAX

first child always shy be-ptc
The first child is always shy.

Definite + Ordinal + Cardinal + Noun

9. yao phlao dao laoK Cpnao yaaogya hOM.
   ye pahle do lekh chapne yogya h ́.~
   these first two essays print-inf-obl suitable are
   These first two essays are worth publishing.

Definite + Cardinal + Collective

10. yao tIna dja-na AMD,o taja,o hOM.
    ye ti:n darjan ãde ta:ze h ́.~
    these three dozen eggs fresh are
    These three dozen eggs are fresh.

Definite + Cardinal + Measure

11. vao paÐca baaoiryaaÐ caavala ipClao saala kI hOM.
    ve pã:c boriyã: ca:val pichle sa:l ki: h ́~.
    those five sacks rice last year gen-fp are
    Those five sacks of rice are last year’s.

Definite + Ordinal + Fractional + Measure

12. yah dUsara vaalaa AaQaa iklaao caavala zIk nahIM hO.
    yah du:sra:(va:la:) a:dha: kilo ca:val thi:k nahĩ: h ́.
    this second half kilogram rice good not is
    This second half kilogram of rice is not good.

Notice that quantifiers such as saaro sa:re/ tmaama tama:m ‘all’ follow a
head noun when the head noun is a pronoun.

13. yao saBaI iktabaoM maOMnao pZ,I hOM.
    ye sabhi: kita:bẽ m ́~ne parhi: h ́~.
    these all books I-erg read-past-fp are
    I have read all these books.