3. MORPHOLOGY
kalaI imaca- ka:li: mirc (black-pepper) pepper
CaoTI [laayacaI choti: ila:yci: (small cardamom) cardamom
3.1.4.9. Modifier-Noun Compounds
In modifier-noun compounds, the first member acts like a modifier
or source and the second member is a noun.
baOla gaaD,I b ́l ga:ri: (bull-vehicle) bullock cart
gaMgaa jala gaηa: jal (Ganges-water) water of Ganges
3.2. Pronouns
Pronouns are inflected for number and case. Broadly, there are seven
classes of pronouns in Hindi: personal, demonstrative, relative,
possessive, reflexive, interrogative, and indefinite. Pronouns in the
direct and oblique cases are presented below.
3.2.1. Personal Pronouns
Case Person Sg Pl
Direct
1 st maOM mẽ hma ham
2 nd (sg) tU tu tuma tum
(hon sg/pl) Aap a:p Aap a:p
3 rd prox yah yah yao ye
rem vah vah vao ve
Note that the personal pronoun Aap a:p is used as an honorific form
of address for both singular and plural subjects. In the polite speech,
it is occasionally used for a person spoken about in place of yao ye.
The term laaoga log may be attached to a plural pronoun for defining or
emphasizing plurality: Aap laaoga a:p log, hma laaoga ham log, tuma laaoga tum log,
yao laaoga ye log, vao laaoga ve log.