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

4. SYNTAX

63b. iksaka kalaoja idllaI maoM hO?
kiska: ka:lej dilli: mẽ h ́?
Whose college is in Delhi?

Specifier/classifier
64a. maaohna ka baD,a vaalaa baoTa baImaar hO.
mohan ka: bara: va:la: beta: bi:ma:r h ́.
Mohan-gen elder (specifier) son sick is
Mohan’s elder son is sick.

64b. maaohna ka kaOna saa baoTa baImaar hO?
mohan ka: køn sa: beta: bi:ma:r h ́?

Which of Mohans sons is sick?

Particles hI hi: and BaI bhi: cannot be questioned.

65a. tuma hI jaaAao.
tum hi: ja:o.
you-par go-3s-fut
Only you go.

65b. kaOna hI jaaAao.
køn hi: ja:o.

66. vah BaI Aapko saaqa Aaegaa.
    vah bhi: a:pke sa:th a:ega:.
    he-part you-gen with come-3s-fut
    Hell also come with you.

66a. kaOna BaI Aapko saaqa Aaegaa.
køn bhi: a:pke sa:th a:ega:.

A comparative phrase can also modify a noun phrase.

Object of comparison
67a. maOMnao rjanaI sao laMbaI laD,kI doKI.
m ́~ne rajini se lambi: larki: dekhi:.
I-erg Rajni-abl than tall-fs girl saw-fs
I saw a girl taller than Rajni.