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- "My teeth are yellow."
"My teeth are yellow."
Translation:मेरे दाँत पीले हैं।
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Is the word used for teeth her not singular? It seems like it should be “danto” (or something like that) rather than “dant”
In the direct case, the plural of masculine nouns ending with a consonant is identical with the singular. In the oblique case, i.e. with postpositions such as men, ka etc., the plural is generally -on (nasalized).
Ah! That is very helpful! Thanks for clarifying. So if the teeth are the subject the plural stays the same as the singular (since it is a masculine verb ending in a consonant), whereas if they are the object, then you would have to modify by adding the nasalized "-on" sound at the end?
Thank you for the reply. Sadly, I don't know what Oblique means in context with language. Can you explain?
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Sorry, I was rather short in my reply also because I had something else going on at the time.
Oblique case is a case in which words get put in Hindi if there is a postposition after the word or words-that-belong-together.
Postpositions like से, में, पर, etc.
In the Oblique case, the plural of the word दाँत is दाँतों, but in the Direct case the plural is simply the word itself: दाँत (both singular and plural, like आदमी).
So I guess I am more confused about when to use मेरा or मेरे . मेरा for singular nouns? Then why is it मेरे दाँत में: in my tooth instead of मेरा ?
Thank you. I continue to get very confused by masculine, feminine, and oblique etc. Am I correct that दाँत is tooth, but दाँतों is teeth? "I lost a दाँत." "My दाँतों ache."
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No that's not it.
मेरा दाँत: my tooth
मेरे दाँत: my teeth
मेरे दाँत में: in my tooth
मेरे दाँतों में: in my teeth
Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe oblique case is used for a noun that is the object in the sentence rather than the subject, if that helps. So if the tooth is the one doing the thing, it is the subject, if something is being done to or relative to the tooth it is the object/oblique case. But those don’t always correspond to English exactly. For instance in English you would say “my teeth ache”, so “my teeth” is the subject of the sentence, in Hindi you say “there is pain in my teeth”, so “pain” is the subject of the sentence, which puts the teeth into the oblique case. That is my understanding. I hope it helps!
Guys I am confused about where to use dant and where to use dantho. If anyone knows please reply
when tooth is referred to as plural teeth why is it not always dento?
