A Door Into Hindi: Lesson 9

1.Optative / Subjunctive

2. Future Tense

3. Telling time

4. Parts of the day

5. RV + कर = having V-ed

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9.6	To be supposed to

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Note the special way of saying "I have to go":

Formula:	Subject (dative)	“+ verb (infinitive)	+ auxiliary verb
	मुझको	जाना	है
	To me	to go	is.

Note: If the verb has a direct object, the object may be in the nominative case, and the verb infinitive and auxiliary verb may agree with the direct object in gender and number. (This is a rare case when the infinitive verb changes to mark gender!!!)

Study the following examples with a feminine plural object:

"I am supposed to buy these books."

मुझको ये किताबें	ख़रीदना है।
मुझको ये किताबें	ख़रीदना हैं।
मुझको ये किताबें	ख़रीदनी हैं।

If the direct object is followed be को, however, then the infinitive and auxiliary verb must remain in masculine singular form.

मुझको इन किताबों को ख़रीदना है।

See Snell's Teach Yourself Hindi (2000)
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