Hindi Grammar

The Hindi grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Hindi and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And:   []	Under: अधीन  [adhin]
Before: से पहले  [se phle]	After: के बाद  [ke baad]
Inside: अंदर  [andr]	Outside: बाहर  [baahr]
With: साथ  [saath]	But: परन्तु   [prntu ]
For: के लिए  [ke lie]	From: से  [se]
To: से  [se]	In: में  [men]

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: क्या?  [kyaa?]	Who?: कौन?  [kaun?]
How?: कैसे?  [kaise?]	Why?: क्यों?  [kyon?]
Where?: कहाँ?  [khaan?]

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: कभी नहीं  [kbhi nhin]	Rarely: शायद ही कभी  [shaayd hi kbhi]
Sometimes: कभी-कभी  [kbhi-kbhi]	Usually: आमतौर पर  [aamtaur pr]
Always: हमेशा, सदैव, सदा   [hmeshaa, sdaiv, sdaa ]	Very: बहुत  [bhut]

Most commonly used pronouns in Hindi:

I: मैं  [main]	You: आप, तुम   [aap, tum ]
He: वह  [vh]	She: वह  [vh]
We: हम  [hm]	They: वे  [ve]

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: मेरा (m) मेरी (f)   [meraa (m) meri (f) ]	Your: तुम्हारा  [tumhaaraa]
His: उसका  [uskaa]	Her: उसकी  [uski]
Our: हमारा   [hmaaraa ]	Their: उनका   [unkaa ]

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: मैं अंग्रेजी बोलता(m) /बोलती (f) हूँ |  [main angareji boltaa(m) /bolti (f) hun |]

You speak French: तुम/ आप ( you) फ्रेंच बोलते हो /हैं |  [tum/ aap ( you) frenk bolte ho /hain |]

He speaks German: वह जर्मन बोलता है |  [vh jrmn boltaa hai |]

She speaks Italian: वह इतालवी बोलती है |  [vh itaalvi bolti hai |]

I visited France: मैने फ्रांस का दौरा किया |  [maine fraans kaa dauraa kiyaa |]

I will drink milk: मैं दूध पीना पीऊँगा |  [main dudh pinaa pioongaaa |]

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: "मैं तुम्हें समझता/समझती हूँ | "  ["main tumhen smjhtaa/smjhti hun | "]

I don't understand you: मैं तुम्हें नहीं समझता हूँ |  [main tumhen nhin smjhtaa hun |]

I don't speak French: मैं फ्रेंच बात नहीं करता हूँ - (mein French nahin bolta hoon)  [main frenk baat nhin krtaa hun |]

This is my house: यह मेरा घर है |  [yh meraa ghr hai |]

That restaurant is far: यह रेस्तरां दूर है |  [yh restraan dur hai |]

No problem: कोई समस्या नहीं  [koi smsyaa nhin]

The above Hindi grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Hindi vocabulary to obtain some popular Hindi phrases.