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Why Mera beti school jaathi hai is incorrect? Jaathi/Jaatha is based on Beta/Beti or Mera/Meri ??
Mera/Meri should itself be chosen based on the gender of the following word and not the gender of the speaker. So, it would 'Mera beta' and 'Meri beti' irrespective of whether a man or woman is saying those words.
Will it be different when I want to say, "my daughter went to school" if so how
मेरी बेटी स्कूल गई (I think मेरी बेटी स्कूल गाई थी is also okay, but a mother tongue speaker would have to confirm).
मेरी बेटी स्कूल गई = My daughter went to school
मेरी बेटी स्कूल गई थी = My daughter had gone to school
Thanks! One more question: what's the difference between मेरी बेटी स्कूल गई थी and मेरी बेटी स्कूल गई है?
For the sake of completeness:
मेरी बेटी स्कूल ----
a) गई - simple past
b) जा रही थी- past continuous
c) गई थी - past perfect
d) जाती रही थी - past perfect continuous
e) जाती है - simple present
f) जा रही है - present continuous
g) गयी है - present perfect
h) जाती रही है - present perfect continuous
i) जायेगी - simple future
j) जाती रहेगी - future continuous
k) गई होगी - future perfect
l) जाती रही होगी - future perfect continuous
m) जाती थी- past imperfect
मेरी बेटी स्कूल गई थी = My daughter 'had' gone to school
मेरी बेटी स्कूल गई है = My daughter 'has' gone to school
Why can it not be my daughters go to school? I had understood that feminine words do not change for the plural.
That would be मेरी बेटियाँ स्कूल जाती हैं।
Feminine nouns do change form for the plural. In fact, all feminine nouns do while some masculine nouns don't.
