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

4. SYNTAX

19. yao GaiD,yaaÐ kOsaI hOM?
    ye ghariyã: k ́si: h ́~?
    these watches how are
    How are these watches?


20. yah pula iktnaa laMbaa hO?
    yeh pul kitna: lamba: h ́?
    this bridge how much long is
    How long is this bridge?


21. yao iktnao baccao hOM?
    ye kitne bacce h ́~?
    these how many children are
    How many children are there?


22. vah iktnaI baD,I iktaba hO?
    vah kitni: bari: kita:b h ́?
    that how big-fs book-f is
    How big is that book?


23. vao kuisa-yaaÐ iktnaI CaoTI hOM?
    ve kursiyã: kitni: choti: h ́~?
    those chairs how small are
    How small are those chairs?

The question words @yaa kya: what and kaOna køn who have the oblique

forms iksa kis (Sg) and ikna kin (Pl) which are followed by case
suffixes and postpositions. The oblique forms of postpositions are
inflected for number as follows.

Masculine/Feminine
Sg Pl
iksao kise iknhoM kinhẽ to what/whom
iksa kao kis ko ikna kao kin ko to whom
iksa sao kis se ikna sao kin se by what/whom
iksa nao kis ne iknahaoMnao kinhõne who
iksa ko saaqa kis ke sa:th ikna ko saaqa kin ke sa:th with whom
iksa pr kis par ikna pr kin par on
iksa ka kis ka: ikna ka kin ka: whose