Hindi : An Essential Grammar (Paperback, 2 ed)

Contents Preface Acknowledgements Symbols Abbreviations Part 1: Hindi and its sentence types 1. Hindi: a brief introduction 2. Hindi sentence structure 3. Negatives 4. Questions 5. Imperatives and politeness 6. Exclamations Part 2: Words: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs 7. Nouns 8. More about Nouns 9. Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs 10. Verbs 11. More about Verbs 12. Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs 13. Adjectives 14. Adverbs Part 3: More about Words 15.Reduplication 16. Compounds 17. Causatives Part 4: Invariant Words 18. Personal Pronouns 19. Other Pronouns 20. Postpositions 21. Emphatic Particles 22.Other Invariant words Part 5: More about Hindi sentences 23. Habitual Aspect 24. The Progressive Aspect 25. Passive 26. The subjunctive and Future 27. The Ergative Pattern 28. Possession 29. Experiencer Subject 30. Verb caahiye 31. Compound Verbs Part 6: Compound and complex sentences 32. Coordination and Subordination 33. Complex Sentences 34. Relative Clauses 35. Infinitives and Participles Part 7: Sounds and script 36. Hindi Sounds and writing system: vowels. 37. Consonantal Sounds 38. Nasals and Nasalisation 39. Syllabic Structure. Appendix: Grammar in Context. Glossary Bibliography Index