(adapted from Chapter One of Hindi Structures.)
Choose the second person pronoun that seems most appropriate to you and inflect the verb accordingly. Caution: second person pronoun choice is not always easy, even for native speakers of Hindi-Urdu. In discussing some of these choices you should expect differences of opinion.
1. p:eNRt:j:i. Vy:a _____ hm:arð y:haú ram:ay:N: p:`n:ð Aa _____ ?
2. Ab:ð s:al:ð !
Vy:a rast:a __ (your) __ b:ap: ka hò ? dðK:t:a hÜú _____
m:ØJ:ð kós:ð raðk- ____ !
('will stop')
3. RÎÔaEv:r ! ____ m:ØJ:ð ekD:r l:ð j:a rh- ____ h- ____ ? ('are taking')
4. O B:g:v:an: ! / O rb: ! ____ s:v:üS:eVt:m:an: h- ____ . m:ØJ:ð Es: s:økX s:ð b:c:a l:- ____ !
5. haú b:t:a- ____ , s:ahb:. ____ khaú j:an:a c:aht:- ____ h- ____ ?
6. eRmp:l: Rael:þg: ! p:tn:i m:ay:kñ g:I hò. j:ldi em:l:n:ð Aa- ____ !
7. m:ØJ:ð p:c:as: p:òs:ðv:al:ð t:in: eXkX Aaòr c:ar el:fafñ dð d- ____ .
8. b:ab:Üj:i. ____ hm:arð el:y:ð Vy:a b:n:a rh- ____ h- ____ ? ('are making')
9. b:ðXi. En: s:ahb: kñ el:O c:ay: l:a- ____ . ('bring')
10 . s:rdarj:i . Enj:n: Q:rab: hò. ____ kb: t:k Yik kr s:k- ____ ? ('will be able')
Key.
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Keyed in and posted 6 Sept 2001.