The Potential Mood Posted by kunthra on Apr 28, 2010 in Hindi Language
The potential mood has several suffixes depending on the pronoun :
I : –ऊँ
We : –एँ
You : –एँ
He : –ए
She : –ए
They : –एँ
An example :
She may work – वह काम करे
The potential mood is formed a lot like the future tense, except that the ending गा , गी, and गे is omitted. So instead of करूंगा it will be करूँ .
The negative can also be used in the potential mood :
You may not cry – आप मत रोएँ
The potential mood can be turned into the interrogative mood by adding क्या to the beginning of the sentence :
May I go? – क्या मैं जाऊँ?
But using “can” is a bit different from the potential mood :
They can fall – वे गिर सकते हैं
They may fall (potential mood) – वे गिरें
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CM:
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