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

3. MORPHOLOGY

36. ]sakI dukana saD,k ko [sa Aaor hO.
    uski: duka:n sarak ke is or h ́.
    his shop road-obl this side
    His house is on this side of the road.


37. nadI ko [sa Aaor iktnao baccao hOM?
    nadi: ke is or kitne bacce h ́?
    river this side how many children are
    How many children are there on this side of the river?

Ulterior location is expressed by kI Aaor ki: or ‘side’ preceded by the
remote demonstrative ]sa us ‘that.’ It can also be denoted by the use
of ]sa par us pa:r ‘on the other side.’

38. saD,k ko ]sa Aaor nae makana banao hOM.
    sarak ke us or naye maka:n bane h ́~.

road-obl that-obl side new houses constructed are
New houses are constructed on that side of the road.

39. saD,k ko ]sa par kafI AabaadI hO.
    sarak ke us pa:r kaphi: a:ba:di: h ́.
    road that side abundant population is
    There is a large population on the other side of the road.

Medial location is expressed by the terms ko baIca maoM ke bi:c mẽ ‘in the
middle,’ ko BaItr ke bhi:tar ‘inside,’ or ko drimayaana/maQya maoM ke
darmia:n/madhy mẽ ‘in the middle,’ ko baIca sao ke bi:c se ‘through the
middle,’ ko baIca tk ke bi:c tak ‘up to the middle of.’

40. maora Gar baaja,ar ko baIca maoM hO.
    mera: ghar ba:za:r ke bi:c mẽ h ́.
    my house market middle in is
    My house is in the middle of the market.


41. yah dukana dao saD,kaoM ko baIca maoM hO.
    yah duka:n do sarkõ ke bi:c mẽ h ́.
    this shop two roads-obl middle is
    This shop is between the two roads.