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Complex Sentences & Advanced Grammar

Relative-correlative clauses, compound verbs, subjunctive and respect forms
जो-वह, जब-तब, जहाँ-वहाँ
relative-correlative pairs
jo-vah, jab-tab, jahaan-vahaan
Hindi pairs relative + correlative words
कि वाली पूरक उपवाक्य
ki complement clauses
... ki ...
मुझे लगता है कि = I think that
कारण: क्योंकि, इसलिए
cause: because, therefore
kyonki, isliye
क्योंकि (because) / इसलिए (therefore)
शर्त: अगर-तो, यदि-तो
condition: agar-to, yadi-to
agar-to, yadi-to
यदि is the formal version of अगर
संयुक्त क्रिया: लेना/देना/जाना
compound verbs: lenaa/denaa/jaanaa
kar lenaa/denaa/jaanaa
Light verbs add aspect/direction nuance
चाहिए / पड़ना (compulsion)
chaahie / paṛnaa (obligation)
chaahie / paṛnaa
चाहिए = should; पड़ना = have to (forced)
वाला के प्रयोग
uses of vaalaa
vaalaa
Doer, about-to, characterized-by: दूधवाला, आनेवाला
कृदंत: करते हुए, किया हुआ
participles: while doing, done
karte hue, kiyaa huaa
Adverbial and adjectival participles
आदरसूचक रूप
honorific forms
aap kiijiye, aaiye
Respectful imperatives and verb forms
समुच्चयबोधक: तथा, परंतु, किंतु
formal conjunctions: and, but, however
tathaa, parantu, kintu
Literary/formal conjunctions