सुंदरता, मित्रता, बचपन, ऊँचाई — गुण से संज्ञा
I can build an abstract noun from an adjective or a verb
Schau dir diese Beispiele an. Kannst du das grammatische Muster erkennen?
Alle loben ihre Schönheit.
In der Kindheit spielten wir hier.
Wie hoch ist dieser Berg?
Achte auf die hervorgehobenen Teile. Was haben sie gemeinsam?
| -ता | from adjectives, Sanskritic | सुंदर → सुंदरता |
| -त्व | from nouns, formal | मनुष्य → मनुष्यत्व |
| -पन | from adjectives and nouns, colloquial | बच्चा → बचपन |
| -ई | very common, both layers | ग़रीब → ग़रीबी |
| -आई / -आवट | from verbs | ऊँचा → ऊँचाई; सजना → सजावट |
-ता and -त्व belong to formal writing; -पन and -ई are ordinary speech. सुंदरता is a written word; ख़ूबसूरती is what people say.
Almost all abstract nouns in -ता, -ई and -आई are feminine; those in -पन and -त्व are masculine.
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ÜbungsaufgabenCoining an abstract noun with the wrong-register suffix.
Formal suffix used in speech
sundarta is written; khubsurti is spoken.
Gender of an abstract noun guessed
-ta, -i and -ai are feminine; -pan and -tva are masculine.
Alle loben ihre Schönheit.
khubsurti, the spoken word; sundarta belongs to writing.
In der Kindheit spielten wir hier.
-pan, masculine and colloquial.
Wie hoch ist dieser Berg?
-ai from an adjective, feminine.
Im Kurs üben
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