In a sentence like this, “I eat rice with a spoon”, “spoon” would be written in the instrumental case in Hindi. This is because the spoon is used as an “instrument” to eat the rice. In English, the instrumental case can be indicated by using words like, “by” or “with”. Let’s take a look at a couple of examples:<\/p>\n
\u0935\u0947\u00a0\u091a\u092e\u094d\u092e\u091a\u00a0\u0938\u0947\u00a0\u091a\u093e\u0935\u0932\u00a0\u0916\u093e\u0924\u0947\u00a0\u0939\u0948\u0902<\/strong> (They eat rice with a spoon)<\/p>\n \u092e\u0948\u0902\u00a0\u0915\u0932\u092e\u00a0\u0938\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u0916\u0924\u093e\u00a0\u0939\u0942\u0901<\/strong> (I write with a pen)<\/p>\n Notice that with these sentences \u0938\u0947<\/strong> is used when something is used as an instrument.<\/p>\n Now let’s take a look at some other sentences:<\/p>\n \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e\u00a0\u092e\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u0947\u00a0\u0938\u093e\u0925\u00a0\u0939\u0948<\/strong> (The baby\u00a0is with the mother)<\/p>\n \u0935\u0947 \u0926\u093e\u0932\u00a0\u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u091a\u093e\u0935\u0932\u00a0\u0916\u093e\u0924\u0947\u00a0\u0939\u0948\u0902<\/strong> (They eat rice with daal)<\/p>\n With these two sentences, \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925<\/strong> is used in the sense of “together” or “along”. In other words, in English the sentences could be said as, “The baby is together with the mother” or “They eat rice together with the daal” or “They eat rice along with the daal”.<\/p>\n Now let’s take at the last set of sentences:<\/p>\n \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947\u00a0\u092a\u093e\u0938\u00a0\u092a\u0948\u0938\u0947\u00a0\u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902\u00a0\u0939\u0948\u0902<\/strong> (I have no money with me)<\/p>\n \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u0939\u0948<\/strong> (The baby is with his mother)<\/p>\n In this group, \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938<\/strong> and \u0930\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938<\/strong> are used in the sense of “close”, “near”, or “have”. So the sentences can be interpreted as, ” The baby is close\/near his mother”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a sentence like this, “I eat rice with a spoon”, “spoon” would be written in the instrumental case in Hindi. This is because the spoon is used as an “instrument” to eat the rice. In English, the instrumental case can be indicated by using words like, “by” or “with”. Let’s take a look at…<\/p>\n