Ka, Ki or Ke

Laura – Sun, 30 May 2010 17:08:15 -0500

Hello, I have a question regarding the use of ka, ki or ke.

Here is the sentence from the course that I am a bit confused about:

ek kamare kaa ek raath kaa kiraayaa kithanaa hai?

Why does "kamare" end in an "e" instead of an "aa". Why is it not "ek kamaraa kaa....." It seems that "kaa" changes the ending of the word "kamaraa". Is this correct and why is this so?

Thank you!

Nikita Sharma – Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:25:29 -0500

namaskaar Laura,

You are right. The word "kamaraa" changed to "kamare" on adding the "saMbanDh kaarak" (possessive case) "kaa". According to the Hindi roopaavali (a part of Hindi grammar), when a possesseve case is added to a word which is masculine gender and ends with "aa",it changes to end with "e".

"kamaraa" is masculine gender and ends with "aa". So when "kaa" is added , "kamaraa" changes to "kamare"

eg:

Boy's book
ladake kaa pusthak

boy = ladakaa

boy's = ladakaa + kaa = ladake kaa

Hope this is helpful for you.

aapkee Nikita

nanou s – Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:11:42 -0600

namaskar nikita,
is it the same with feminine endings also?

thanks

mahesh.m – Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:43:05 -0600

what are differences between hindi and sanskrit,is spoken hindi completely different from pure hindi?

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