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Parveen Shakir: A Poetess for the Modern Age Posted by Rachael on Dec 31, 2017
Born in 1952 in Karachi, Pakistan, Parveen Shakir (परवीन शाकिर) was a renowned poet in her lifetime and beyond. In addition to her career as a poet, she also served as a teacher and a civil servant of the Pakistani government. Remarkably, she began to display a talent for writing early in life, so it…
Levels of Language: Register in Hindi, Part 1 Posted by Rachael on Dec 17, 2017
“Register” simply refers to the various levels of speech that exist in any language––such as formal, informal/colloquial, slang, etc. Just as we have different registers in English, like the formal language you would use in a research paper or the slang terms you use when talking to a close friend, there are different registers in…
Suffixes Posted by Nitya on Dec 1, 2017
In the past we discussed some prefixes and how they are applied in Hindi. In this blog, we will take a look at suffixes. While prefixes are attached in front of a word, suffixes are appended to the end of a word. Like prefixes, suffixes also change or modify the meaning of the original word…
Hindi Numbers 1 – 100 Posted by Nitin Kumar on Dec 18, 2011
Numbers in Hindi can be a little tricky in the beginning, but once you notice some of the regular patterns, you can remember them easily. Below is a handy table of Hindi numbers from 1 to 100. Some hints for you, we have some ending like “ah” (11-18), “is” (19 – 38s) and so on. Moreover, the prefixes…
Suffixes in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Apr 27, 2011
After the topic on prefixes, how about the topic on suffixes? 🙂 Suffix (प्रत्यय) is the affix that is attached after the stem of a word. In this way, a new word is formed. Just like our previous topic on Prefix, there is also a creation of new word. But what to and how to…