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A native Urdu speaker here, trying to learn Hindi script. Although I am not grammatically inclined, The हैं in the end has nothing to do with negation. It is sometimes dropped with negation but not always. In fact the plural feminine part that हैं depicts can be incorporated with the verb at the end and can be written like लड़कियां पानी नहीं पीतैं. Please note that ैं part on the end of the original sentence depicting nasal H can also be transferred to the verb DRINK पीतैं.... LaRkiyaN paanee naheeN peeteeN. N = nasal shown with a dot (bindi) on the two accented lines over "t". That will have the same meaning without the हैं .
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Would you ever say '... पीतीं हैं |', or does adding bindi to the verb always drop the final हैं ?
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Hmm.. am not sure about that being correct in Urdu at least.. Native Urdu speaker here..
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Not necessarily in each case... i.e. an older person calling a young boy in a not so polite way - "ae ladke, idhar aa!"