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CONTENTS



Mode Of Writing Hindi Alphabets


Chapter I : The Alphabet
Script. 2 Vowel and Consonant letters, Diacritical marks.

Chapter II: Pronunciation : Vowels ... ... ...
Introductory Note : Production of speech sounds, particularly vowels, Classification of vowels. 3 Phonetic values of Hindi vowels, nasalised vowels.

Chapter III : Pronunciation : Consonants .... .... ....
Introductory Note : Production and classification of consonants. 4 The five classes of stops. 5 Gutturals. 6. Palatals. 7 Cerebrals. 8 Dentals.
9 Labials. 10 . 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 Sibilants. 15 16 . 17 . 18 . 19 and 20 Visarga. 21 . 22 The borrowed fricatives }, $, { and etc, 23 } and $ 24 { 25 26 Borrowed fricatives replaced by corresponding Hindi stops. 27 Grouping of Hindi characters. 27-A. Voiceless Consonants.

Chapter IV : Mode of writing : Vowels .... .... ...
28 The inherent . 29 The ``Hal'' sign. 30-32 The Matras. 33 The Anunasika Vowels. 34 The Visarga nad the Anuswara.

Chapter V : Mode of writing : Consonants .... .... ....
35 Conjuncts. 36 Mode of representation. 37 Regular forms. 38 The Exceptional forms. 39 Conjuncts and Matras.

Chapter VI : The Anuswara and Nasalization .... .... ....
40 The Anuswara and the Nasals. 41 Pronuciation of the Anuswara.
The Anuswara and the Anunasika vowels.

Chapter VII : Accent .... .... ....
Accent, pitch, stress, syllable. 45 Syllabic division of Hindi words.
1 Long, short, close and open syllables. 47 Accentuation of Hindi words.

Chapter VIII : Sandhi and Euphony .... .... ....
48 Sandhi. 49 Sankrit Sandhis. 50 Hindi Sandhis. 51 The inherent. 51-A Sentence Sandhi

NOUNS, PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

Chapter IX : Introductory .... .... ....
52 Sentence : Subject and Predicate. 53. Extensions of subject and predicate. 54 Verb. 55-56 Predicative words and object. 57 Object, Transitive Verbs. 58 Intransitive Verbs. 59 Predicative words referring to object. 60 Parts of Speech. 61 Definition, Classification and Functions of Noun; grammatical relations, Case. 62 Pronoun. 63 Adjective. 64 Verb, Transitive and Intransitive; Primary and Secondary objects; Tenses and Moods. 65 Adverb. 66 Preposition and Post-position. 67 Conjunction. 68 Interjection. 69 Hindi words classified according to their origin: Tadbhava, Tatsama, Semi-tatsama, Deshi and Foreign.

Chapter X : Nouns .... .... ....
70 Definition. 71 Proper Noun. 72 Common Noun. 73 Abstract Noun. 74 Material Noun. 75 Collective Noun. 76 Gender, Number and Case. 77 Gender : Masculine and Feminine: Natural and Grammatical Gender; the Neuter Gender in Hindi, Common gender.

Chapter XI : Number .... .... ....
78 Singular and Plural, Honorific Plural. 79 Modified and unmodified plurals. Masculine Nouns, Exceptions. Feminine Nouns, Exceptions. 81 Periphrastic Pluurals. 82 Summary. 83 Plurals denoting indefinite unmber and quantity.

Chapter XII : Case .... .... ....
84 Definition 85 The grammatical relations. 86 Direct and Oblique Cases. 87 The Direct Case. 88 The Oblique Case, the Case-signs. 89 The unmodified Oblique.
90 Rules for the formation of the Oblique. 91-93 Summary.

Chapter XIV : Case - The Direct Form .... .... ....
94 Uses of the Direct Form; subject and its predicative word, inanimate object, animate object, primary object, predicative words referring to the object.

Chapter XV : Case - The Oblique Form .... .... ....
95 The Case-signs (post-positions). 96 ܽ : Subject of past transitive Verb, exceptions. 97 ܽ : involuntary subject, animate object, object in the neutral construction, secondary object, object of incomplete Verb, Adverbs of time. 98 ܽ : passive subject, indirect objects of , ܻ, etc., means, instrument or agency, manner, cause, reason, origin, association, separation, starting point, duration, difference. 99 ܽ : location, duration, price, comparison. 100 ܣ : location, time, sequence, cause, object. 101 : possession, relationship, material, worth, measure, source, cause, subject, part, purpose, characteristics. 102 The Vocative Case. 103 The Forms of the Vocative.

Chapter XVI : Pronouns .... .... ....
104 Definition and uses. 105 Number and Case. 106 Classification. 107 Personal Pronouns : , ۟, ܻ, ܺ, ܜ, , ܽ, , ܽ; honorific plural. 108 Demonstrative Pronouns : , ܽ, , ܽ. 109 Reflexive Pronouns: ܜ (), ܛ, ܛܽ, ܜ, ܡܿ, ܺ. ܛܽ-ܜ. 110 Relative Pronoun : ܽ. 111 Indefinite Pronouns : ܽ and Ŏ. 112 Interrogative Pronouns : ܾ and ơ; as an interrogative particle; ܾ and ơ as relative pronouns; exclamatory ơ; adverbial ơ.

Chapter XVII : Pronouns : The Oblique Form .... .... ....
113 Case-signs. 114 Oblique forms : , , ܬ, ܬ, Ŭ, Ŭ; , , ܛ, ܛ, ś, ś, ܺ, ܺ; ܽ, ܽ, ۟ܣ, ܺܣ. 115 ܽ, ۽, ܽ , ۽ , ܺܽ, ۟ܽ, ܺܽ, ܺ۽. 116 Oblique of ܜ. 117 Oblique of Reflexive ܜ (ܛ).

Chapter XVIII : Pronouns : Miscellaneous .... .... ....
118 Compound Pronouns : ܛܽ-ܜ, ܜܬܽ-ܜ, ܜ--ܜ, ܽ Ŏ, etc. 119 Miscellaneous Pronouns : ۺ, ܺ, ܜܬ, ܣܣ, -ڻܣ, ť, ťܛ. 120 The Reflexive ܛ. 121 Periphrastic Plural. 122 Case-signs not to be tagged on.

Chapter XIX : Adjective .... .... ....
123 Definition. 124 Classification. 125 Pronouns used as Adjectives. 126 Possessive Adjectives : and forms. 127 Inflection. 128-29-. 130 ܾ, ܣ. 131 ܽ , ܾ-. 132-35 Comparative and Superlative Degrees : ܽ, ܽ, (`selective') ܽ, ܽ , ܽ ܈, ܁ţ, ܒţ. 136 Adjectives used as Nouns. 137 Pronominal Adjectives of Quality ( etc.), Quantity (ܛ etc.), and number (ܛܽ etc.). 138 Present and past Participles. 139-40 Predicative uses of Adjectives. 141 , , ܿ, etc. 142 Comparative and Superlative endings -ܣ and ܟ.

Chapter XX : Numerals .... .... ....
143 Definition and Classification : Cardinals, Ordinals and Multiplicatives. 144 The Cardinals. 145 Numerals denoting quantity. 146 `Collective' Adjectives of Number : ܽ, ܽ, ܾ, ܿ, ڏě, , ܽ . 147 Fractions. 148 `Fractions' of hundred, thousans etc. 149 Approximation : ܽ, ܊ܞ܊, ܡ; . 150 Approximation : ܽ-, ܽ-ܾ, -ܣ etc. 151 ť, ܈, ںť. 152 Certain Numerals affected by gender etc. 153 Indefinite Numerals: Ŏ, ۺ, ܽ, Ń, ܽ, ܝ, ܣ etc. 154 Repeated Numerals. 155 Aggregatives. 156 Multitudinous. 157 Ordinals. 158-59 Multiplicatives. 160 Pronominal Adjectives of Number. 161 Units tens, hundred, etc. 162 Ϲ, ܽ, . 163 =a certain

VERBS

Chapter XXI : Verbs : Introductory .... .... ....
164 Definition. 165 Kinds: Transitive and Intransitive, Incomplete, Original Passives. 166 Causatives. 167 Helping Verbs, Aspect, Compound Verbs. 168 Auxiliaries. 169 Forms of Verbs: Aspect, Voice, Mood, Tense, Construction. 170 Aspect; Terminate, Progressive, Iterative, Intensive etc., Terminate and Progressive forms. 171 Voice: Active, Passive, Impersonal. 172 Mood; Imperative, Indicative, Subjunctive (Optative, Potential, Contingent, Presumptive). 173 Tense: Present, Past, Future, Present Perfect, Habitual Past Perfect. 174 Construction: Subjectival, Objectival and Neutral. 175 Representation of the ``forms''; Finite and Infinitive Verbs; Root.

Chapter XXII; The Imperative Mood .... .... ....
176 Introductory. 177 Meaning of the Imperative. 178 The Imperative restricted to the Second Person. 179 The Present forms of the Imperative. 180 The Future forms of the Imperative. 181 The Exclamatory Imperative. 182 Present Imperative referring to future; the Prohibitive.

Chapter XXIII : The Indicative Present .... .... ....
183 Meaning. 184 Formation. 185 The Present Participle. 186 Modifications of Present Participle. 187 The Present forms of Substantive Verb. 188 Present Indicative forms of ܥ. 189 Construction. 190 Aspect. 191 Formation of the Negative. 192 The Interrogative form. 193 The Terminate and the Progressive.

Chapter XXIV : Indicative Past .... .... ....
194 Indicative Past and Past Participle. 195 The Past Participle. Formation. 196 Modification of Past Participle; Past Indicative Forms of ܥ: Exceptional Forms. 197 Past Participle and Indicative Past. 198 Construction, the ܽ forms. 199 Exceptions: , ܻ, ܟܐ, ܈, ܽ, , ٣, ܥ do not take ܽ. 200 The Neutral Construction. 201 The Intransitive Verbs , ¬. 202 Indicative Past and Habitual Past.

Chapter XXV : Indicative Future .... .... ...
203 Formation. 204 Future Indicative Forms of ܥ. 205 Exceptional Forms; Honorific Forms. 206 Construction and Aspect.

Chapter XXVI : The Present Perfect .... .... ....
207 Meaning. 208 Formation. 209 Present Perfect Forms of ܥ. 210 Construction. 211 The Neutral Construction.

Chapter XXVII : The Habitual Past .... .... ....
212 Meaning. 213 Formation. 214 Habitual Past Forms of . 215 The Frequentative Past. 216 Aspect. 217 Construction, the negative and the interrogative forms.

Chapter XXVIII : The Past Perfect .... .... ....
218 Meaning. 219 Formation. 220 Construction, Verbs with and without ܽ. 221 The Neutral Construction. 222 Aspect. 223-24 Summary of Chapters III-VIII.

Chapter XXIX : The Subjunctive Mood .... .... ....
225 Meaning. 226 Forms Classified; Optative, Potential, Presumptive and Contingent. 227 The Optative; meaning and formation. 228 Usage and Construction. 229 The Potential : meaning and formation. 230 Usage and Construction. 231 The Presumptive : meaning and formation. 232 Usage and Construction. 233 The Contingent : meaning and formation. 234 The First Form. 235 Usage and Construction.

Chaptet XXX : The Infinitive .... .... ....
236 Definition and formation. 237 Modification as a Noun, uses.
238 Modifications as an Adjective, uses.

Chapter XXXI : The Participles and the Absolutive .... .... ....
239 Participles defined. 240 Formation and Modification. 241 The Present Participle as an Adjective, Adverb or Noun. 243 The Absolutive : Formation. 244 Significations. 245 The ܥ forms.

Chapter XXXII : Compound Verbs .... .... ....
246 Nature and form etc. 247 The Second Causal : True and ``false''.
248 The original passives. 249 Formation of the First and the Second Causals. 250 The Subject and the object of a causal. 251 `` Substitute'' causals.

Chapter XXXIII : Compound Verbs .... .... ....
252 Formation : Main and Subsidiary Verbs. 253 Signification : Aspect. 254 Classification. 255 Construction. 256 Bare root as the main Verb; Subsidiaries: ܛ, ܛ, ؛, ܾ؛, ܽ, ڽ etc. 257 Infinitive: as the Main Verb: unmodified and oblique. 258 The Unmodified Infinitive; Subsidiaries; ۛ, , ܽ, ܹۇ. 259 The Oblique Infinitive; Subsidiaries : ܊ܛ, ڽ, ܛ. 260 Present Participle as the Main verb; Subsidiaries; ܛ, ۛ, ܛ, ܛܛ. 261 Past Participle as the Main Verb; Subsidiaries; ܛ, ܛ, , ţ, etc.; The Aspects in Hindi. 262-63. The Progressive Form : ۛ. 267 The Verbs ڽ and . 268 Passive Verbs denoting ``action''. 269 Exceptional compounds , ډܛ, ܥܛ. 270 , ܽ, ܹۇ and ܛ.

Chapter XXXIV : The Passive and the Impersonal .... .... ....
271 The Passive: Definition etc. 272 Formation of Passives. 273 Subject of Passive. 274 The ``Original'' or the ``Natural'' Passives. 275 ܽ as Passive. 276 ܽ, ܥܛ and ܛ as Passives. 277 ܹۇ. 278 The Impersonal Voice. 279 Passive and Impersonal distinguished.

ADVERBS, POST-POSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS
AND INTERJECTIONS

Chapter XXXV : Adverbs .... .... ....
280 Definition and Meaning. 281 Classes. 282 Pronominal Adverbs. 283 Pronominal Adverbs of Time, Place, Direction and Manner. 284 The Emphatic Particle . 285 Special uses of certain Pronominal Adverbs. 286. Pronominal Adverbs used as Nouns. 287 Pronominal Adjectives used as Adverbs. 288 Adverbs other than Pronominal. 289 Certain Adjectives used as Adverbs. 290 Certain Nouns used as Adverbs. 291 Certain Verbs used as Adverbs. 292 ``Original'' Adverbs classified as of Time, Place, Manner and Degree. 293 Adverbs of Affirmation and Negation. 294 Particles: , , ܽ, ܈, ܣ and ma$. 295 ܣ.

Chapter XXXVI : Post-positions .... .... ....
296 Definition; Prepositions and Post-positions. 297 Post-positions attached with or without Case-Signs. 298 The nature of post-positions. 299 Some Important post-positions. 300 Certain post-positions placed before Nouns.

Chapter XXXVII : Conjunctions .... .... ....
301 Definition and Classification : Co-ordinating and Subordinating.
302 Some important Conjunctions.

Chapter XXXVIII : Interjections .... .... ....
303 Definition. 304 Uses. 305 Some Important Interjections. 306 Certain Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives and Verbs used as Interjections. 307 Certain Interjections used as Nouns.

SYNTAX

Chapter XXXIX : Miscellaneous .... .... ....
308 Determination of Gender. 309 The Honorific Plural. 310 Use of ܽ. 311 ܽ and ܽ . 312 Special uses of ܽ. 313 ܽ. 314 . 315 or . 316 ܺܽ-ܺ܈ܽ etc. 317-19 Use of the reflexive ܛ. 320 Use of the Progressive Aspect. 321 Present used as Past and Future ; Negative present as Volitive. 322 Past used as Future. 323 Future used Proverbially, or as Imperative, Presumptive etc. 324 Use and meaning of Present Perfect. 325 Use and meaning of Habitual Past. 326 Progressive form of the Present Participle. 327 Past Participle with ۺ and ܡ.

Chapter XXXX : Concord : Voice and Construction .... .... ....
328 Construction in the Active Voice. 329 Construction in the Passive Verbs signifying ``Experience''. 330 Construction in the Passive Voice. 331 Consturction in the Impersonal Voice. 332 Number, Person and Gender of Verb. 333 Two or more subjects. 334 Subjects summed up by ܽܽ and ܝ. 335 Pronominal subjects of different persons. 336 Two or more objects.

Chapter XXXXI : Order of Words .... .... ....
337 The Normal order. 338 Adjectives. 339 and forms.
340 Adverbs. 341 Nouns having ܽ. 342 Nouns with ܽ or ܣ. 343 , and 344 The Particles , ܽ, etc. 345 Change in the Normal Order. 346 ơ.

APPENDICES

Appendix I : Prefixes and Suffixes .... .... ....
1 Prefixes. 2 Sources. 3 Tatsama Prfixes. 4 Tadbhava Prefixes. 5 Arabic and Persian Prefixes. 6 Suffixes. 7 Classification: Primary and Secondary. 8 Primary Suffixes.9 Secondary Suffixes. 10 Certain Persian Suffixes.

Appendix II Gender Forms .... .... ....
Determination of Gender. 2-7 Formation of Feminine Nouns. 8 Independent words as Feminine forms. 9 Masculine Nouns derived from Feminine Nouns.

Appendix III : Compounds .... .... ....
1-2 Formation. 2 Modification of the first member. 4 Classification. 5 Co-ordinate Compounds. 6 Determinative Compounds. 7-8 Dependent Determinatives. 9-12 Descriptive Determinatives. 13. Adverbial Determinatives. 14 Possessive Compounds. 15 Possessives and Determinatives formed with Prefixes. 16 The same compound as Possessive or as Determinative.

Appendix IV : Miscellaneous .... .... ....
1-2 Marks of Punctuation. 3 Days of the Week. 4 Months of the Year. 5 The Era. 6 Weights. 7 Linear Measures. 8 Areas. 9 Time.

Appendix V : Standard Devanagari Script ..... .....

Appendix VI : Chart ڽܛ܊ܣ ܵğܥ : ܽܛ ܹ .... ....

Appendix VII : Chart ܹܹ ڽܛ܊ܣ .... ....

Appendix VIII : Standardisation of Hindi Spelling .... ....

Glosary of Grammatical Terms: English-Hindi .... ....