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mahdy Tuesday 04th of April 2006 07:25:27 PM
the Secrets of Hindi words - hi...why don't we post secrets of hindi words....
i think there're secrets of words in any languages....
for instence;
_ous=dangerous.
_eous=righteous.
_ious= laborious.
_acious= rapacious.
_er=worker,teacher,
_ier=clothier.
_yer=lowyer.bowyer.
_ster=songster,youngster,
_ic=atomic.
( _ al,_ical,_ial,_ual,)
( _ay,_acy,_thcy,_ancy)( _full)
and these follows;
( post _ ,pre_,pro_,re_,anti_,in_,im_,un_,con_,com_,inter_..
and ad( at,to,)+ vis( see)+ advise.....
and these follows ;
mot-mob+move
motion,mobile,motive,mobility,
mort= death
mortal,mortality
hibit= hold
exhibit,

alowyn Wednesday 05th of April 2006 12:47:52 AM
- I think you\'re asking for suffixes and prefixes - i don\'t actually know which ones exist in Hindi, but here\'s what i know:

-kar - at the end of a verb, it changes it to the absolutive. Jaana + -kar = jaakar = having gone.

-vala - i know it has more meanings than this, and i\'ll elaborate after i\'ve revised it. But at the end of some words, it\'s the same as the english \"-er\" or \"man\". For example: \"duudhvala\" = milkman

I can think of some prefixes, but i\'ll have to revise them before I explain them here.

Then you posed some words/parts of words which i believe could be classified under etymology (the history of a word). Well, there i\'m of course limited in knowledge, but as i\'m sure you know, Hindi has three main sources for its words: Sanskrit, Persian/Arabic and English. (similarly English has various sources, mainly Latin/Greek and German). All Hindi words with क़, ज़, फ़ and ग़ are mainly Persian/Arabic. Words of Sanskrit origin have letters such as क्ष, ष, ः, ऋ etc. and are generally used only in formal context.

As for English words, well, I\'m sure all of us students had fun with those. But it\'s not formal, from what I understand, and it\'s always just generally better to learn the proper Hindi word (otherwise why not just speak English?).

mahdy Wednesday 05th of April 2006 02:22:21 PM
- yea...i mean that all verbs.....it\'s very important any languages...only verbs...........some all words make from verb roots....

Phrasebase Archive
	mahdy	Tuesday 04th of April 2006 07:25:27 PM
	the Secrets of Hindi words - hi...why don't we post secrets of hindi words.... i think there're secrets of words in any languages.... for instence; _ous=dangerous. _eous=righteous. _ious= laborious. _acious= rapacious. _er=worker,teacher, _ier=clothier. _yer=lowyer.bowyer. _ster=songster,youngster, _ic=atomic. ( _ al,_ical,_ial,_ual,) ( _ay,_acy,_thcy,_ancy)( _full) and these follows; ( post _ ,pre_,pro_,re_,anti_,in_,im_,un_,con_,com_,inter_.. and ad( at,to,)+ vis( see)+ advise..... and these follows ; mot-mob+move motion,mobile,motive,mobility, mort= death mortal,mortality hibit= hold exhibit,
	alowyn	Wednesday 05th of April 2006 12:47:52 AM
	- I think you\'re asking for suffixes and prefixes - i don\'t actually know which ones exist in Hindi, but here\'s what i know: -kar - at the end of a verb, it changes it to the absolutive. Jaana + -kar = jaakar = having gone. -vala - i know it has more meanings than this, and i\'ll elaborate after i\'ve revised it. But at the end of some words, it\'s the same as the english \"-er\" or \"man\". For example: \"duudhvala\" = milkman I can think of some prefixes, but i\'ll have to revise them before I explain them here. Then you posed some words/parts of words which i believe could be classified under etymology (the history of a word). Well, there i\'m of course limited in knowledge, but as i\'m sure you know, Hindi has three main sources for its words: Sanskrit, Persian/Arabic and English. (similarly English has various sources, mainly Latin/Greek and German). All Hindi words with क़, ज़, फ़ and ग़ are mainly Persian/Arabic. Words of Sanskrit origin have letters such as क्ष, ष, ः, ऋ etc. and are generally used only in formal context. As for English words, well, I\'m sure all of us students had fun with those. But it\'s not formal, from what I understand, and it\'s always just generally better to learn the proper Hindi word (otherwise why not just speak English?).
	mahdy	Wednesday 05th of April 2006 02:22:21 PM
	- yea...i mean that all verbs.....it\'s very important any languages...only verbs...........some all words make from verb roots....