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

4. SYNTAX

31. caaho Aap ]sakao pITaogao BaI vah yah kama nahIM krogaa.
    ca:he a:p usko pi:toge bhi:, vah yah ka:m nahĩ: karega:.
    even if you he-dat beat-fut too he this work not do-fut
    Even if you beat him/her up, he/she won’t do this work.

31a. caaho Aap ]sakao pITaogao BaI vah ifr BaI yah kama
ca:he a:p usko pi:toge bhi:, vah phir bhi: yah ka:m
even if you he-dat beat-fut too even then this work
nahIM krogaa.
nahĩ: karega:.
not do-fut
Even if you’ll beat him/her up, even then he/she won’t do this
work.

32. vah @yaaoM na kafI AnauraoQa kro ifr BaI maOM ]sako saaqa
    vah kyõ na ka:phi: anurodh kare phir bhi: m ́~ uske sa:th
    he why do much insist do even then I he-gen with
    idllaI nahIM jaa}Ðgaa.
    dilli: nahĩ: ja:ũ:ga:.
    Delhi not go-fut
    Even if he insists, I’ll not go to Delhi with him.

4.2.4.7. Result Clauses

In result clauses, the main clause contains a cause marked by an
oblique infinitive followed by the postposition ko karNa ke ka:ran / kI
vajah ki: vajah ‘because of the reason’. This expresses the result of a
sentence. In a sentence sequence, the cause is usually given in the
first sentence, followed by another sentence giving the result of it.
The second sentence usually contains the phrase [sa ilae is liye
‘therefore’.

33. baairSa haonao ko karNa / kI vajah sao maOM baaja,ar na jaa saka.
    ba:riš hone ke ka:ran/ki: vajah m ́~ ba:za:r na ja: saka:.
    rain fall-inf-obl reason I market neg go able
    I could not go to market because of the rain.


34. kla AcCa maaOsama qaa [sailae maOM GaUmanao gayaa.
    kal accha: møsam tha: isliye m ́~ ghu:mne gaya:.
    yesterday good weather was therefore I walk-inf-obl went-1s
    The weather was good yesterday, therefore, I went for a walk.