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Many Pasts Posted by Rachael on Feb 14, 2017
नमस्ते सब लोग/Namaste sab log (Hello everyone)! I described in a previous post how to form the “simple past tense” (referring to actions completed at one time); this time, I’ll describe how to form the habitual past tense and the past perfect tense (the tense that refers to an even more distant past than the…
Save Grammar for a Rainy Day Posted by Rachael on Nov 15, 2016
Among some of my fondest memories of my stays in India are the “rainy days,” which would usually occur during the monsoon season (बरसात/barsaat, fem. noun). In North India, this season lasts from around June or July to September. But, it was not only during the monsoon season that rainy days would bless us with…
Examples of Derivative Roots in Hindi – II Posted by Nitin Kumar on Apr 22, 2016
In Hindi, some of the verbs are derived from other verbs. The root of base verb changes to form a new root. In the last post, we saw how to derive new verbs root from other verbs. These derived verb is called व्युत्पन्न धातु (Vyautpann Dhaatu – Derivative Root) in Hindi. In this post, let’s…
Derivative Roots in Hindi – II Posted by Nitin Kumar on Apr 18, 2016
In previous posts, we have discussed some verbs which were derived from other verbs. The root of base verb changes to form a new root. This derived verb is called व्युत्पन्न धातु (Vyautpann Dhaatu – Derivative Root) in Hindi. In this post, let’s take few more derivative roots and derived verbs. And remember that the…
Examples of Derivative Roots in Hindi – I Posted by Nitin Kumar on Apr 7, 2016
In Hindi, some of the verbs are derived from other verbs. The root of base verb changes to form a new root. In the last post, we saw how to derive new verbs root from other verbs. These derived verb is called व्युत्पन्न धातु (Vyautpann Dhaatu – Derivative Root) in Hindi. In this post, let’s…
Derivative Roots in Hindi – I Posted by Nitin Kumar on Mar 31, 2016
In Hindi, some of the verbs are derived from other verbs. The root of base verb changes to form a new root. This derived verb is called व्युत्पन्न धातु (Vyautpann Dhaatu – Derivative Root) in Hindi. Let’s take some examples and see how this is done. And remember that the verbs in Hindi have ‘ना’…
Hindi Words with Various Meanings – II Posted by Nitin Kumar on Feb 25, 2015
In continuation of the topic, this is the second post with more Hindi words which have various meanings depending on the context. You can read the first post here. Let’s check out the words in this post, the romanized spellings will help you with the pronunciation scheme for the words. Hindi Romanized Hindi Equivalent English…