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» 6.1 Dative Case

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» 6.2 Special Dative Forms

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» 6.3 Dative Constructions

» 6.6 Past of ہونا

 

  6.2 Special Dative Forms

In addition to the regular dative case forms for pronouns (oblique + کو ), there is a set of special "contraction" dative forms which you should memorize. Both forms are given in the table below. In most cases the two forms are interchangeable.

Note that there is no special contraction form for آپ۔ .

Also note that the کو can be written joined to the preceding pronoun, or as a separate word.

Examples:

Dative Pronouns

 

regular form

contraction form

 

regular form

contraction form

1st person

to me

مجھ کو

مجھے

to us

ہم کو ہم

2nd person

to you (familiar)

تم کو تمہیں

to you (polite)

آپ کو  

3rd person (far)

to him/her/that/it

اُس کو اُسے

to them/those

اُن کو اُنہیں

3rd person (near)

to him/her/this/it

اِس کو اِسے

to them/these

اِن کو اِنہیں

3rd person (unknown)

to someone

ِکسی کو        

3rd person (question)

to whom

ِکس کو کِسے

to whom

ِکن کو ِکنہیں

 

We will learn many different uses of the dative case.