Wednesday, December 26, 2012

how would one say "i have"?

there is no direct way of saying "i have" (hindi has no verb "to have"). there are two ways to express possession:
1. in this situation " Ek bhai aur ek behen" you would say:
meraa ek bhai aur ek behen hai. OR mere do bhai hain (i have two brothers) OR merii do behenein hain (i have two sisters). of course in a conversational situation, your answer would be perfecly respectable (as it would be in english - "how many brothers and sisters do you have?" - answer "one brother and one sister")

2. where you are talking about possession of objects, you would say for example;
mere paas ek car hai - i have one car (there is no point in analyzing this sentence as it will only tend to confuse - just learn it as a paradigm)

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