Sheelie
Hindi - some grammar questions I am trying to learn more and understand Hindi - Urdu grammar. If anyone would not mind to help correct these sentences, I would appreciate it so much =) Oh, I don't know yet how to read and write very well in Urdu so, I've used the Hindi script ( Devnagari ) for this, which I know, is also used for Nepali, Marathi, and Sanskrit. ______________________________________________ 1. How do we express possession in Hindi, for - objects that are inanimate ( I have many books in my room ) मैं अपने कमरे में कई किताबें - objects that are animate ( I have many dogs and cats because I love animals! ) मैं कई कुत्तों और बिल्लियों है क्योंकि मैं जानवरों बहुत पसंद है - abstract concepts ( I have a lot of worry! ) मुझे चिंता है 2. In Hindi and Urdu, are there always 2 ways to say ' I am ( adjective ) ' for example, I feel happy, I feel sad, I feel thirsty? मुझ से, खुशी। मैं खुश हूँ। 3. How do you say ' want ' vs ' need ' vs 'should' do something? I want to do something = मै सोना चाहता हूँ I have to do something ( like sleep ) Do I use the same verb in infinitive, and then conjugated form of 'to be' in future tense? मुझे ( verb ) होगा । Thank you!
Nov 2, 2015 6:52 AM
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I cannot read Devanagari very well but I transated it from Hindi to Urdu, so hopefully I can offer some help. Also, note, I am not a native speaker so obviously it is 99.9% more likely they can explain it better.

 

 

1. मैं अपने कमरे में कई किताबें

With books, do you not say "mere pas kitaben"?

 

मैं कई कुत्तों और बिल्लियों है क्योंकि
मैं जानवरों बहुत पसंद है

It is "mujhe janwar pasand hai", but probably what is better is "mujhe janwar se muhabbat hai" or "mujhe janwar se pyar hai". I believe it would be "mere pas kutton aur billyon" as far as possession.

 

मुझे चिंता है

with abstract, it is mujhe.. mujhe zukm hai, mujhe buxar, mujhe bhook leg rahi hai... intangable posession is with mujhe

 

2. मुझ से, खुशी।
मैं खुश हूँ।

 

with this, you just have to think of it as "i have happiness" vs. "i am happy"

same with hunger: think of it as "i have hunger"

you just have to memorize which phrases you must think of which way. it is not very hard, it just takes practice.

 

3. to want to do something is the inf. + "chahna" conjugated. this is very common in all languages.

with "should (do something)", you say "mujhe (inf.) chahie." with "must (do something)", you say "mujhe (inf.) hai." one way you can think of this is "mujhe" is used as possession with intangible things, right? and in english, you say "i have to do something", so think about this when you say "mujhe karna hai" - i have to do something.

 

another way to say you have to do something is with the verb "parna" (not parhna = to read/study). you can say "main kam karna parta/a hun." use this with the future: "main kam karna parunga/i"

 

i am not able to explain the difference between "mujhe karna hai" and "main karna parta hun", so hopefully a native speaker can add to this.

 

i hope this is atleast a bit helpful!

November 6, 2015

1: objects that are inanimate ( I have many books in my room )

mere pas kamre main buht si kitaben hain....

 

 

2 - abstract concepts ( I have a lot of worry! )

mujhe buht hi pareshani hai

 

3How do you say ' want ' vs ' need ' vs 'should' do something?

I want to do something = मै सोना चाहता हूँ

 

somehow you can  use just one word for all threee...but it depends on sentence ....and condition so you need some practice

i want to do something=main kuch krna chahta hun

"want" lets assume a sentnce ..he wants water

"ise paani chahye"

and 3 should

you should go there

"tmhen wahan jana chahye"

 

 

 

In Hindi and Urdu, are there always 2 ways to say ' I am ( adjective ) ' for example, I feel happy, I feel sad, I feel thirsty?

i feel happy=main khushi mehsoos krta hun
i fell sad=main dukhi mehsus krta hun

i feel thirsty=mujhe pyas lag rahi hai...although if you translate accurately it will be ''men mehsoos ho rha hai but its not correct...in formal speaking so you must say 'mujhe pyas lag rahi hai''

 

 

November 20, 2015
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