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Conjunctions of Hindi

Conjunctions are words that conjoin two or more words or phrases. There are several varieties of conjunctions in Hindi: Coordinating conjunctions “coordinate” two or more words or phrases, like the English word “and”. Correlative conjunctions correlate two or more words or phrases, and exist in complementary pairs, as the English “neither … nor”, “either … or”, “if … then”, “lest … not”, etc. Subordinating conjunctions make one clause subordinate to another, like the English “that, in order that, because, etc.” The most basic conjunction in Hindi is the conjunction और ( “ and”). It can be used as simple coordinating conjunction. और can be used as an adjective and as an adverb meaning “more”. मैं और मेरी बहिन दिल्ली जानेवाले हैं – “ My sister and I are going to go to Delhi” Some conjunctions are listed below: और – “ and” कि – “ that” as in “I told him that I am going” लेकिन – “ but” पर – “ but” मगर – “ but” चाहे – “ whether” चाहे … चाह...

Conditional Sentences of Hindi

Introduction Conditional sentences  are “if … then” sentences. They contain  conditions  (the “if” clause), and consequences (the “then” clause). Conditional Sentences in English A conditional sentence in English generally has the following form: if [condition] (then) consequence The “then” is optional in English. For instance: If it rains today, then we won’t be able to play outside. In the previous example, the condition is “it rains today” and the consequence is “we cannot play outside”. Conditional Sentences in Hindi Conditional sentences in Hindi has a structure that is similar to the structure of conditional sentences in English. In Hindi, the subordinating conjunctions अगर and यदि are usually used to introduce the conditional clause. Therefore, they correspond to the word “if” in English. The word तो is used to introduce the consequence and therefore corresponds to “then” in English. The general structure of Hindi conditional sentences are ...