In Hindi, there are so-called “habitual participles”. There are several basic verbal aspects in Hindi: imperfective (a.k.a continuous), perfective, perfect, and habitual. Likewise, Hindi participles have the same basic aspects: imperfective, perfect, and habitual. As an example, what is the difference between the following two sentences? सोमवार को प्रकाशित हुए अख़बार के अनुसार, प्रधान मंत्री […]
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Habitual participles indicate habitual actions. Habitual participles have the same form as future participles: [masculine singular oblique form of an infinitive|form of वाला] However, the difference is the context: रोनेवाला बच्चा – “The (habitually) crying baby boy” / “The boy who always cries”
In English, habitual participles often end in -ing. They can be translated into Hindi using a Hindi habitual participle. Examples: इस शोध से कोई आश्चर्य करने वाली बात सामने नहीं आई – “Nothing surprising came forward from this study” The previous example has a habitual participle “surprising”, i.e. “something that surprises”. यह हल सभी पक्षों […]
The verb सकना can be used in participles. It often corresponds to the English suffix -able/-ible: रोकी जा सकने वाली दुर्घटना – “An accident that can be prevented” / “A preventable accident” भुलाई न जा सकने वाली चीज़ – “A thing that cannot be forgotten” / “An unforgettable thing” (Note the use of न to negate, […]
Participles, like verbs, can exist in the passive voice in Hindi. There are two kinds of passive participles in Hindi: type-1: [perfect participle of main verb] [perfect participle of जाना], e.g. दिए गए type-2: [perfect participle] [masculine singular oblique form of जाना (जाने) + form of वाला], e.g. बोली जानेवाली There is a significant difference between these […]
Participles are verbal adjectives. In other words, they have characteristics of both verbs and adjectives. Like verbs, participles express an action or state, and have gender, number, voice, and aspect. Like adjectives, participles can qualify nouns or pronouns, and have gender, number, and case. Participles can also be used as adverbs. Kinds of Participles Hindi […]
The suffix वाला has many uses in Hindi. It is therefore a very common suffix. It inflects like adjectives – its forms are वाला / वाली / वाले / वालों (oblique plural). Qualifier वाला may serve as a simple qualifier. It can be used with many parts of speech. With Adjectives वाला can be used with adjectives. लाल […]
The word बिना can be used as an adverb meaning “without”. It can be used with a participle to create an adverbial phrase. It is usually used with a perfect participle. The perfect participle assumes an invariable masculine singular oblique form. बिना may follow or precede the perfect participle. Thus, this idiom has one of the following […]
Two girls, Anjali and Priya, have come to America to study and are about to begin their first semester of classes. They meet one another, and begin a conversation: अंजलि: तुम क्या पढ़ने वाली हो? Anjali: What are you going to study? प्रिया: मैं engineering और English पढ़ने वाली हूँ Priya: I am going to […]
Overview Introduction Examples of the English Subjunctive Examples of the Hindi Subjunctive Form Non-Contrafactual Subjunctive Non-Aspectual Subjunctive Non-Aspectual Subjunctive Forms of होना Non-Aspectual Subjunctive Forms of करना Active Passive Aspectual Subjunctive Habitual Subjunctive Active Passive Continuous Subjunctive Active Passive Perfect Subjunctive Active Passive Contrafactual Subjunctive Non-Aspectual Contrafactual Subjunctive Non-Aspectual Contrafactual Forms of होना Non-Aspectual Contrafactual […]