A Door Into Hindi: Lesson 3

1. Nouns: masculine and feminine

2.Nouns: singular and plural

3. Adjectives

4. Possessive Pronouns

5. का /के /की

6. अपना

7. Emphatics

8. सकना = "To Be Able To V"

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3.3	Adjectives and Possesives

Many adjectives in Hindi end in आ, but many do not. A Hindi adjective agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number, but only adjectives that end in आ can change to show agreement. Thus the adjective अच्छा changes to show agreement, but the adjective ठीक never changes.

All possessive pronouns function like adjectives ending in आ.

	Adjective and Possesive endings
Masculine singular	ा
Masculine plural	े
Feminine singular and plural	ी

Examples:

	Adjective plus noun: singular	Adjective plus noun: plural
Masculine (Type 1)	अच्छा संतरा	अच्छे संतरे
Masculine (Type 2)	अच्छा फल, अच्छा आदमी	अच्छे फल, अच्छे आदमी
Feminine (Type 1)	अच्छी रोटी	अच्छी रोटियाँ
Feminine (Type 2)	अच्छी दुकान	अच्छी दुकानें

See Snell's Teach Yourself Hindi (2000)
Section 1.4 page 24