Nouns

Question 1

Nouns always have a gender.

Answer 1

They are either masculine or feminine.

Question 2

What are Type 1 Masculine Nouns?

Answer 2

Masculine nouns that end in the vowel आ aa are Type 1 Nouns

Question 3

What are Type 2 Masculine Nouns?

Answer 3

Masculine nouns that end in anything OTHER THAN the vowel आ aa.

Question 4

How do we make Type 1 M Nouns (those that end with आ aa) plural?

Answer 4

We simply drop the आ aa from the end of the word and instead add an ए e

Question 5

How do we make Type 2 M Nouns (those that end in anything other than आ aa) plural?

Answer 5

You don’t do anything! That’s right - the sentence grammar and context will usually give you all the information you need to tell you whether or not it is a plural noun.

Question 6

What are Type 1 Feminine Nouns?

Answer 6

Feminine Nouns that end with ई ee.

Question 7

What are Type 2 Feminine Nouns?

Answer 7

Feminine Nouns that end in anything OTHER THAN ई ee.

Question 8

How do we make Type 1 F Nouns plural?

Answer 8

We simply drop the ई ee from the end of the word and add इयाँ iyaan.

Question 9

How do we make Type 2 F Nouns plural?

Answer 9

We simply add एँ en to the end of the word (no dropping anything).

Question 10

How do we form the oblique case (object form) of Type 1 M Nouns (ending with आ -aa)?

Answer 10

For singular, we simply drop the आ aa from the end of the noun and add an ए e.
For plural, you first drop the आ aa and add ओं on (or if it’s already in plural form, drop the ए e from the end of the noun and then add ओं on).

Question 11

How do we form the oblique case (object form) of Type 2 M Nouns (ending in anything other than आ -aa)?

Answer 11

For singular, we don’t do anything! That’s easy.

For plural, we simply add ओं on to the end of the word.

Question 12

How do we form the oblique case (object form) of Type 1 F Nouns (ending with ई -ee)?

Answer 12

For singular, again we do nothing at all!

For plural, we drop the इयाँ iyaan from the end of the plural word and add इयों iyon

Question 13

How do we form the oblique case (object form) of Type 2 F Nouns (ending with anything other than ई -ee)?

Answer 13

For singular, we don’t do anything again!

For plural, we simply drop the एँ en from the end of the plural word and add ओं on

Question 14

यह (it/this)

and वह (it/that)

Answer 14

यह, even though phonetically should be “yah”, is ALWAYS pronounced “yeh”
वह, even though phonetically should be “vah”, is ALWAYS pronounced “voh”