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

4. SYNTAX

But coordination is expressed by the conjunction marker pr par/magar
magar/ikMtu kintu ‘but’. This marker is placed in the beginning of the
second conjunct.

21. maaohna AQyaapk hO ̧ magar vah pZ,ata nahIM.
    mohan adhya:pak h ́, magar vah parha:ta: nahĩ:.
    Mohan is a teacher, but he teaches neg
    Mohan is a teacher, but he does not teach.


22. ]maa AnapZ, hO ̧ pr vah baD,I bauiwmaana hO.
    uma: anparh h ́, par vah bari: budhima:n h ́.
    Uma is illiterate, but she very wise is
    Uma is illiterate, but she is very wise.

In sentence coordination, as mentioned earlier, the conjunct marker
AaOr ør occurs before the second or the last conjunct. The conjunct
marker pr par precedes the second or subsequent coordinated
sentences. Among the disjunctive markers, yaa ya: can precede the
first as well as subsequent disjuncts.

23. yaa vah idllaI jaaegaa ̧ yaa Aagara.
    ya: vah dilli: ja:yega:, ya: a:gra:.
    either he Delhi go-fut or Agra
    Either he will go to Delhi or Agra.

But coordination is usually used with adjectives and adverbials.

24. maIra bauiwmaana hO pr saust hO.
    mi:ra: budhima:n h ́ par sust h ́.
    Mira is intelligent but lazy is
    Mira is intelligent but lazy.


25. vah saOr krta hO pr kovala Saama kao.
    vah s ́r karta: h ́ par keval ša:m ko.
    she walk do-ptc is but only evening-loc at
    He goes for a walk, but only in the evenings.

But coordination of nouns and verbs may involve a negative particle
preceding or following the adversative conjuncts.