3. MORPHOLOGY
- tuma naak ko saIQa maoM calaao.
tum na:k ke si:dh mẽ calo.
you nose-gen straight in walk
Walk straight ahead.
Directional/locational precision is expressed by adding the emphatic
particle - hI hi: to the locative expression.
- vah Gar maoM hI rha.
vah ghar mẽ hi: raha:.
he home inside-emp remained
He stayed right inside the house. - ]sanao mauJao saUcanaa drvaaja,o pr hI dI.
usne mujhe su:cna: darva:ze par hi: di:
he-erg me message door-at-emp gave
He conveyed the message to me right at the door.
3.1.3. Noun Derivation
A large number of nouns in Hindi are derived from nouns,
adjectives, and verbs by using prefixes and suffixes. In this process
certain morphophonemic changes take place.
3.1.3.1. Nouns from Nouns
Mostly Persian and Sanskrit prefixes and suffixes are used with the
nouns of Persian and Sanskrit origin respectively. Some of these are
used with native words. The most common prefixes are: bao be-, bad
bad-, bar bar-, naa na:- Ap ap-, ku ku-, dur dur-, and inar nir-.
bao be- (Persian) without
Sama- šarm shame baoSama- bešarm shameless
[-maana i:ma:n faith bao[-maana bei:ma:n dishonest
matlaba matlab meaning baomatlaba bematlab meaningless