एक ही बात को पाँच तरह से कहना
I can say the same thing at any register the situation calls for
Podívejte se na tyto příklady. Dokážete rozpoznat gramatický vzorec?
Pojď, jdeme.
Nyní bychom měli vyrazit.
Nyní budiž vyraženo.
Zaměřte se na zvýrazněné části. Co mají společného?
| Intimate | चल, निकल। |
| Casual | चलो, चलते हैं। |
| Neutral | अब हमें चलना चाहिए। |
| Formal | अब हमें प्रस्थान करना चाहिए। |
| Official | अब प्रस्थान किया जाए। |
Vocabulary, verb form and the presence of a subject all shift together. Moving one without the others produces a sentence that sounds mismatched rather than polite.
Age, setting, written or spoken, and whether the relationship is transactional or personal. A shopkeeper you see daily gets a different register from one you do not.
Not the highest register but the right one. Over-formality is as conspicuous as under-formality, and to an Indian ear it usually reads as distance rather than as respect.
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Procvičovací cvičeníReaching for the highest register as though it were the safest.
Highest register used as the safe default
Over-formality reads as distance, not respect.
Vocabulary and verb form from different rungs
The whole sentence moves together.
Pojď, jdeme.
Casual, the everyday default among peers.
Nyní bychom měli vyrazit.
Formal: Sanskritic verb plus chahiye.
Nyní budiž vyraženo.
Officialese; comic if said to a friend.
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Použijte tuto gramatiku ve cvičeních kurzu C2