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

3. MORPHOLOGY

7. vah rasta BaUlaa.
   voh ra:sta: bhu:la:
   he way forgot
   He forgot/lost the way.

7a. ]sanao rasta BaUlaa.
usne ra:sta: bhu:la:

8. vah kafI dor baka.
   vah ka:phi: de:r baka:
   he-nom lot duration chattered
   He chattered for a long time.

8a. ]sanao kafI dor baka.
usne ka:phi de:r baka:

The postposition nao ne is used with the following intransitive verbs:
CIMknaa chĩ:kna: ‘to sneeze’; KaÐsanaa khã:sna: ‘to cough’; nahanaa naha:na:
‘to take a bath’; and qaUknaa thu:kna: ‘to spit’.

9. ]sanao Gar sao inaklato samaya CIMka.
   usne ghar se nikalte samay chĩ:ka:
   he-erg house-abl from set out-ptc time sneezed
   He sneezed as he was leaving the house.


10. baImaar vyai@t ³nao ́o ja,aor sao KaÐsaa.
    bi:ma:r vyakti (ne) zo:r se khã:sa:
    ill person-erg loudly coughed
    The ill person coughed loudly.


11. maOMnao garma panaI sao nahayaa.
    m ́~ne garm pa:ni: se naha:ya:
    I-erg hot water with bathed
    I took a bath in hot water.


12. tumanao saD,k pr @yaaoM qaUka?
    tumne sarak par kyõ thu:ka:?
    you-erg road on why spit-past
    Why did you spit on the road?