Grammar Flashcards
Preposition and nouns
[Rule] after noun [Examples] With. main apne maTaa ke Saath rahataa hoon In. main mumbai mein rahataa hoon From. main mumbai Se hoon.
Verbs and present tense.
[Rule] tenseless = naa. Female single or plural - Tii Male - Taa Male Plural - Te~ With aap, Te~ is more appropriate, cos formal, but taa is still ok. But if tum, follow the gender as usual.
rahnaa rahtaa rahtee rahte
bolnaa boltaa boltee bolte
Direction prepositions
andar - inside baahar - outside aage - in front peeche - behind pii che~ baaen - left "baying" daaen - right "daying" neeche - below. - knee che~ -- oopar - above "oope'r"
ashish said noone actually used this lol. baeen - no one use. Will just say us taraf se
Pronoun, prepositions
Change to oblique forms if used with prepositions
Yeh “ye’he’” = this becomes is
Yeh meraa makaan hai
is Taraf Se
Voh “ve’he’” = that becomes Us
Voh meraa makaan hai
Us Taraf Se
Pronouns
main “me~” I
ham “heam” We
aap You
yeh “ye~” (casual) “ye’ah” third person singular = he she it this - CLOSE (physical distance
voh “vo” (casual) “ve’ah” third person singular still = he she it that - FAR – use this to be safe.
Plural form - the casual ones keep them the same
https://www.learning-hindi.com/post/853847321/lesson-15-pronouns
Possessive pronouns
meraa - my
aapkaa - your
hamaaaraa - our
iskaa / uskaa - near / far third person singular. his, her, its
uskee OHHH. It’s kee kaa that’s possessive. like aapkaa aap kee. is us = he/she it close/ far.
inkaa/ unkaa - near/ far third person plural. their or his/her formal
Honorifics
If you want to formal, you can use plural form of the verb.
Aap xyz chaahte hain?
– instead of chaahtaa or chaahtii
Past continuous tense
Tum kyaa kal kar rahaa thaa?
What were you doing yesterday?
main cricket dekh rahaa thaa
I was watching cricket
Recipe:
Continuous = base verb: kar + -ing: rahaa
were = thaa
Past: Was
kal meraa janamdin tha
yesterday was my birthday
Present: Am
hai
Present continuous tense
Tum kyaa kar rahaa hai?
What are you doing?
mai bol rahaa hoon
I speaking am
Recipe:
Continuous: base: kar + -ing - rahaa
are = hai
Past: Verb
mujhe pataa thaa
I knew
TODO: Is this a special adjective? – I of-knowledge am?
Rule:
- If stem ends in vowel, and ya ye yi. – mai khaya - I ate
- If stem ends in consonant, add ha he hi – mai padha - I read