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

4. SYNTAX

All major sentence constituents, including nouns, adjectives, and
adverbs, can be omitted under identity.

Omission of subject/object

52. Aimat nao iktaba KrIdI AaOr Ø pZ,I.

amit-ne kita:b xari:di: r Ø parhi:.
Amit-erg book bought and Ø read

Amit brought a book and read.

Omission of adjective/verb

53. ]sako pasa naIlaI kmaIja, hO AaOr maoro pasa Ø TaopI.

uske pa:s ni:li: kami:z h ́ ør mere pass Ø topi:.
he-obl blue shirt is and I-poss-obl Ø cap

He has a blue shirt and I have a blue cap.

Omission of adverb/verb

54. saaohna kla Apnao Gar gayaa AaOr maaohna Ø Sahr Ø.

sohan kal apne ghar gaya: ør mohan Ø šahar Ø
Sohan yesterday own village went and Mohan city
Sohan went to his village yesterday and Amar went to the city.