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

4. SYNTAX

2. iktaba pZ/pZ,ao/ piZ,e.
   kita:b parh / parho / parhiye.
   Read a book.

2a. iktaba mat pZ/pZ,ao/ piZ,e.
kita:b mat parh / parho/ parhiye.
Don’t read a book.

3. p~ ilaK/ilaKaoo/ ilaiKe.
   patr likh/likho/likhiye.
   Write a letter.

3a. p~ mat ilaK/ilaKaoo/ ilaiKe.
patr mat likh/likho/likhiye.
Don’t write a letter.

Prohibitive imperatives can also be formed by using the verb form
manaa mana:/ vaija-t haonaa varjit hona: to be prohibitive as in (4-4a).

4. Saraba pInaa manaa /vaija-t hO.
   šara:b pi:na: mana:/varjit h ́.
   liquor drink-Inf prohibited is
   Drinking (of liquor) is prohibited.

4a. isagaroT pInaa manaa hO.
sigret pi:na: mana: h ́.
cigarette smoke-inf prohibited is
Smoking is prohibited.

Prohibitive imperatives are also constructed from expressions like
K,bardar xabarda:r/saavaQaana sa:vadha:n ‘beware’.

5. K,bardar / saavaQaana dor sao na Aanaa.
   xabarda:r/sa:vadha:n der se na a:na:.
   beware late-abl neg come-inf
   Beware, don’t come late.
   (You better not come late.)

The expressions K,bardar xabarda:r/ saavaQaana sa:vadha:n are followed by
conditional clauses.