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gender mathing in sentence
So my teach yourself book has this sentence. It's zamiin par koii parhaa thaa. Sorry about it not being in devanagari (doubled letters make it long voweled). So my question is if zamiin (land or ground) is female, why is parhaa not parhii or thaa not thii.

Language pair: Hindi; All

Lawrence
Walker
December 29, 2009

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Re:gender mathing in sentence
Hi Lawrence, you got some confusion about the sentence "zamiin par koii parhaa thaa" (Somebody was lying on the ground).This sentence is correct and there is no error with the gender.
Your question is if zamiin (land or ground) is female, why is parhaa not parhii or thaa not thii(zamiin par koii parhii thii).
It is because of the word "koii"(someone) is masculine by default.Here, "koii" determines the gender,not "zamiin". However,if you know that "koii"(someone) to be female,the second sentence is also correct.

A pronoun..
Generally, its 1st person
apnaa-mine,ours(male)
apnii-mine,ours(female)
e.g.
I do my work(mai apnaa kaam karta hun)

But can be used in 2nd person also.
e.g.Do your work.(apnaa kaam karo)

Even in 3rd person,it can be used.
e.g. He does his work.(woh apnaa kaam karta hain)

So, apnaa means one's own.

I think all these helps.
Wishing you a happy new year.
Siddharth

Language pair: Hindi; All
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Siddharth
Sankar
January 9, 2010

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