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Hindi mein kitne mukhya cases hote hain?
Saat
Kise Hindi mein 'vanaspati' kehte hain?
Vanaspati ko neuter gender mein rakha jata hai.
Formal Hindi mein 'tu' ke badle kya istemal hota hai?
Aap
Kisi vyakti ke naam ke baad 'ji' ka istemal kya darshata hai?
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Saat mukhya cases mein se ek kaun sa case hai jo 'instrumental' kehlata hai?
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Kis tarah se Hindi mein nouns aur unke associated adjectives ke beech ka agreement hota hai?
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हिंदी में सर्वनाम किस प्रकार से सज्जित होते हैं?
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हिंदी में कितने मुख्य क्रियाविशेषण रूप होते हैं और उनका क्या अर्थ है?
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हिंदी में कौन-सा शब्द-क्रम सामान्यत: अनुसरण किया जाता है और क्यों?
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हिंदी में कैसे प्रस्थान शब्दों का उपयोग किया जाता है और कैसे यह अन्य भाषाओं से अलग है?
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Study Notes
Understanding the Grammatical Foundations of Hindi
With over half a billion native speakers worldwide, Hindi is one of the most widely spoken languages on Earth. Here we'll take a closer look at some fundamental elements of its grammar—the rules that help shape this vibrant language into coherent communication.
Pronouns and Articles
Hindi pronouns are inflected according to case, gender, number, person, and animacy. Common examples are ham (we), tum (you plural polite), aap (respectful you singular), and wo, uske, etc., which function both as third-person pronouns and definite articles.
Verbal System
In contrast with English, Hindi has three main conjugational forms: present (current action), past (completed action), and future (future action). These tenses stem from verb roots combined with various suffixes that convey tense, aspect, mood, voice, and other properties. For example, the perfective form indicates completed actions, while imperfective covers ongoing ones.
Word Order
Hindi generally follows SVO word order (subject-verb-object) like many European languages; however, it also allows flexibility due to a free word order pattern called Sandhi. This phenomenon leads to numerous possibilities within a given sentence structure and contrasts with more rigid grammars.
Cases in Hindi
Unlike many Indo-European languages, Hindi primarily uses postpositions instead of prepositions. Postpositional particles typically come before their noun phrase object and follow a specific ordering rule. There are seven primary cases used in Hindi: nominative (ek lambi kitaab – 'one long book'), genitive (kitabi ka ghoda - 'book's horse') locative (ghode mein ek kitab – 'horse on book'), dative (ik kitab ne bacchha ko dekha - 'a book saw child with'), ablative (bhartiyaa se pakistaniyon tak - 'Indians up to Pakistan'), instrumental (itne saree se nahin pehenek - 'cannot wear so many saris'), comitative (mera baap aur mera bhai ke saath - 'my father and my brother along with').
Gender in Hindi
Like French or Italian, Hindi distinguishes between masculine, feminine, neuter, and dual characteristics—a feature known as gender. For instance, when referring to animals, giraffe would be marked as female (agiraaf) because giraffes give birth, whereas objects such as trees do not bear children and thus remain neutral (vanaspati) in Hindi. Hindi does possess gender agreement, whereby nouns must agree with their associated descriptive adjectives regarding gender.
Honorifics
Respect is often shown through the use of honorific terms in speaking. In formal contexts, Hindi employs aap ('you respectfully') rather than tu. Additionally, using the term ji after someone's name signifies reverence. For example, instead of simply saying Ram or Smita, one might address them as Ram ji or Dr. Smita ji.
This brief overview provides a basic understanding of how Hindi organizes information. As one continues studying the language and culture, further nuances and complexities will unfold.
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यहाँ हम हिंदी भाषा के ग्रामर के मौलिक तत्वों पर एक नज़र डालेंगे - नियम जो इस जीवंत भाषा को स्वस्थ संचार में रूपांतरित करने में मदद करते हैं।
