Subjunctive Mood Posted by kunthra on Apr 19, 2010 in Hindi Language
The subjunctive mood in Hindi can have several endings :
1st person singular : ऊँ
1st person plural : एँ
2nd person familiar singular : ए
2nd person familiar plural : आो
2nd person polite singular : एँ
2nd person polite plural : एँ
3rd person singular : ए
3rd person plural : एँ
Here are some examples :
I go – मौं जाएँ
We go – हम जाएँ
You go (familiar singular) – तू जाए
You go (familiar plural) – तुम जाआो
You go (polite singular) – आप जाएँ
The final stem vowels ई and ऊ are shortened in length as इ and उ before the subjunctive verb suffixes are added to them :
Examples include :
He drinks – वह पिए
They drink – वे पिएँ
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