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hindustani grammar.

یِ‎ cannot take place, for the simple reason there is no ا‎ to change.

But they can and do add ون‎; as

مرد‎ mard, man or men. مردون كا‎ mardoṅ kā, of men.

Cases of Nouns.

The cases of nouns are made by adding the following particles, called post-positions:

كا‎ kā expressing genitive case or a dependent relation.
کو‎ kō for the objective case.
نے‎ ne for the agent.

These will be explained later on in the syntax.

سے‎ se for the instrumental or ablative case.
مین‎ meṅ locative "in."
پر‎ par locative„ "on."
تک‎ tak locative„ "up to."

and the prefix ای‎ ai for the vocative.

PRONOUNS.

The pronouns are:

میں‎ main, I. تم‎ tū or تین‎ tain, thou.
همْ‎ ham, we. تم‎ you, you.

In these هلرا‎ hārā or āra is substituted for كا‎ kā to express the genitive; as


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