4. SYNTAX
- hma saaro inaSaat baaga saOr krnao jaaeÐgao.
ham sa:re niša:t ba:g s ́r karne ja:yẽge.
we all Nishat Bagh walk do-inf-abl go-fut
All of us will go for a walk to Nishat Bagh.
Limiters such as isaf- sirf/ kovala keval/ ‘only’ precede the head noun,
whereas emphatic particles -hI -hi: ‘only’ and BaI bhi: ‘also’ follow
the head noun.
- kovala yao phlao dao baccao [imthana maoM baOzo.
keval ye pahle do bacce imtiha:n mẽ b ́the.
only these first two children exam in sat
Only these two children appeared in the examination. - kovala baccaa hI baaja,ar Aayaa.
keval bacca: hi: ba:za:r a:ya:.
only child-limiter market came
Only the child came to the market. - maaÐ BaI Aa[- AaOr baccaa BaI.
mã: bhi: a:yi: ør bacca: bhi:.
mother also came and child too
The mother came and so did the child.
Comparative, superlative and equative structures are formed by
adding certain morphological forms after the head noun. The
comparatives are formed by adding se after adding the ablative case
markers to the genitive forms of the head noun.
- naIrja saunaIla sao bauiwmaana hO.
neeraj suni:l se buddhima:n h ́.
Neeraj Sunil than intelligent is
Neeraj is more intelligent than Sunil. - vah maoro sao maaoTa hO.
vah mere se mota: h ́.
he is me-gen-abl than fat is
He is fatter than me.