Grammatical particle: Difference between revisions

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*'''न / ना''' (na / nā) — Subjunctive Negation

*'''मत''' (mat) — Imperative Negation

|'''नहीं''' ''(nahī̃)'' can have multiple positions in the same sentence while still conveying the same meaning. By default, it comes before the main verb of the sentence (or after the verb to emphasise). Usually, it doesn't appear at the end of a sentence and also at the beginning if the sentence starts with a noun.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lampp|first=Claire M.|date=2006|title=Negation in modern Hindi-Urdu: the development of nahII|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Negation-in-modern-Hindi-Urdu%3A-the-development-of-Lampp/d26d215f15fc4cbf0fcea14cb1123dbfd7408d69|access-date=2020-11-16|s2cid=198686698|language=en}}</ref>'''न''' ''(na)'' and '''मत''' ''(mat)'' have rather restricted positions in a sentence and can usually only appear around the verb in subjunctive mood or imperative form, respectively.

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# '''नहीं''' '''करना''' चाहिए ऐसा। — ('''''nahī̃ karnā''''' ''čāhiye aisā.'')