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

4. SYNTAX

14a. maOM pZ,UÐgaa.
(m ́~) parhũ:ga:.
(I)read-1s-fut
I’ll read.

14b. hma pZ,oMgao.
(ham) parhẽge.
(we) read-1p-fut
We’ll read.

14c. kBaI doKa nahIM hO.
(ve) parhẽge.
(they) read-3p-fut
They’ll read.

Notice that -naa -na: is added to the verb stem in the formation of the
infinitive form.

15. maora pZ,naa ]sao psaMd nahIM Aayaa.
    mera: parhna: use pasand nahĩ: a:ya:.
    my read-inf he-dat like neg came
    He did not like me to read.


16. mauJao pZ,naa psaMd hO.
    mujhe parhna: pasand h ́.
    I-obl read-Inf like is
    I like to read.

Noun clauses can function as subjects, direct objects, postpositional
objects, and adverbials.

Verbs are made non-finite by the processes of infinitivization and
participialization. Infinitivizaton is the result of adding the suffix –naa

• na: to the verbal stem. There are three groups of participial
  constructions: (i) present participle, (ii) past participle, and (iii)
  agentive participle. The present participle indicates ongoing action
  or process, the past participle indicates completed action or process,
  and the agentive participle indicates a habitual or potential action or
  process.