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

4. SYNTAX

There are two types of predicate adjectival copular sentences: (a)
those which change for gender and number of the nouns they modify
and (b) those which do not. The adjective laMbaa lamba: ‘tall’ falls into
the first category, and the adjective safod safed ‘white’ falls into the
second.

5. yah laMbaa laD,ka hO.
   yah lamba: larka: h ́.
   this tall boy is
   This is a tall boy.

5a. yao laMbao laD,ko hOM.
ye lambe larke h ́~.
these tall boys are
These are tall boys.

5b. yah laMMbaI laD,kI hO.
yeh lambi: larki: h ́.
this tall girl is
This is a tall girl.

5c. yao laMMbaI laD,ikyaaÐ hOM.
ye lambi: larkiyã: h ́~.
these tall girls are
These are tall girls.

6. yah safod fUla hO.
   yeh safed phu:l h ́.
   this white flower is
   This is a white flower.

6a. yao safod fUla hOM.
ye safed phu:l h ́~.
these white flowers are
These are white flowers.

6b. yah safod kmaIja, hO.
yeh safed kami:z h ́.
this white shirt is
This is a white shirt.