This week I have been mainly focusing on how to ask different questions in Hindi. For instance I have learned how to say "How do you say this/that in Hindi?" and "What is written there?" or "What does this say?" The question structure is interesting in Hindi and the word order for the question changes depending on the type of answer that can be given. The placement of the question word क्या (kya) changes. I am still a little bit confused as to when I should start a sentence with the question word or the subject but I am working with Bishan to better master the order when asking questions.
There are also different words used when describing someone depending whether or not they are near or far. If you were to say "He is Frank" you would use यह (yeh) if he is close to you and वह (voh) if he is far away. This is an aspect of Hindi that is not found in English and I find it very interesting. I feel like the existence of these two separate terms helps remove confusion when using pronouns. If you are telling a story about two people and one is in the room it will be clear which person you are talking about when you use the word for he whereas in English there would be no differentiation.
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