ABSTRACT

Hindi: An Essential Grammar is a practical reference guide to the core structures and features of modern Hindi. Assuming no prior knowledge of Hindi grammar, this book avoids jargon and overly technical language as it takes the student through the complexities of Hindi grammar in short, readable sections.

Suitable for either independent study or for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult education classes, key features include:

  • Full examples throughout in both Devanagari and Roman script with a gloss in English
  • Glossary of technical terms and detailed subject index
  • Cross referencing between sections
  • Authentic material provided in the appendix demonstrating grammar usage

Hindi: An Essential Grammar will help students, in both formal and non-formal education and of all levels to read, speak and write the language with greater confidence and accuracy.

The revised edition rectifies the printing errors inadvertently made in the first edition; it also further clarifies several other issues including Hindi word order flexibility, compound nouns, ergativity, pronominal usage and polite communication.

part I|42 pages

Hindi and its sentence types

chapter Chapter 1|7 pages

Hindi: a brief introduction

chapter Chapter 2|9 pages

Hindi sentence structure

chapter Chapter 3|7 pages

Negatives

chapter Chapter 4|6 pages

Questions

chapter Chapter 5|5 pages

Imperatives and politeness

chapter Chapter 6|6 pages

Exclamations

part II|65 pages

Words: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs

chapter Chapter 7|12 pages

Nouns

chapter Chapter 8|10 pages

More about nouns

chapter Chapter 9|10 pages

Nouns and verbs, and adjectives and adverbs

chapter Chapter 10|8 pages

Verbs

chapter Chapter 11|8 pages

More about verbs

chapter Chapter 12|5 pages

Verbs, adjectives and adverbs

chapter Chapter 13|5 pages

Adjectives

chapter Chapter 14|5 pages

Adverbs

part III|18 pages

More about words

chapter Chapter 15|4 pages

Reduplication

chapter Chapter 16|5 pages

Compounds

chapter Chapter 17|7 pages

Causatives

part IV|29 pages

Invariant words

chapter Chapter 18|7 pages

Personal pronouns

chapter Chapter 19|5 pages

Other pronouns

chapter Chapter 20|8 pages

Postpositions

chapter Chapter 21|4 pages

Emphatic particles

chapter Chapter 22|3 pages

Other invariant words

part V|53 pages

More about Hindi sentences

chapter Chapter 23|6 pages

Habitual aspect

chapter Chapter 24|7 pages

The progressive aspect

chapter Chapter 25|5 pages

Passive

chapter Chapter 26|5 pages

The subjunctive and the future

chapter Chapter 27|5 pages

The ergative pattern

chapter Chapter 28|7 pages

Possession

chapter Chapter 29|5 pages

Experiencer subject

chapter Chapter 30|3 pages

Verb चाहिए caahiye

chapter Chapter 31|8 pages

Compound verbs

part VI|25 pages

Compound and complex sentences

chapter Chapter 32|5 pages

Coordination and subordination

chapter Chapter 33|5 pages

Complex sentences

chapter Chapter 34|6 pages

Relative clauses

chapter Chapter 35|7 pages

Infinitive and participles

part VII|19 pages

Sounds and script

chapter Chapter 36|5 pages

Hindi sounds and writing system: vowels

chapter Chapter 37|5 pages

Consonantal sounds

chapter Chapter 38|4 pages

Nasals and nasalisation

chapter Chapter 39|3 pages

Syllabic structure