चलना अच्छा है — क्रिया जब कर्ता बन जाती है
I can make a verb the subject of a sentence
Подивіться на ці приклади. Чи можете ви помітити граматичну закономірність?
Smoking is prohibited here.
It's time to sleep now.
Close the door.
Зверніть увагу на виділені частини. Що у них спільного?
It behaves like any masculine -आ noun: it agrees, and it goes oblique before a postposition - चलने से, पढ़ने के लिए, सोने का समय.
An infinitive can be possessed: खाने का समय - time to eat; सोने की जगह - a place to sleep. The का agrees with the following noun, not with the verb.
A bare infinitive gives a general instruction, common on signs and in notes: यहाँ न थूकना - do not spit here; कल ज़रूर आना - do come tomorrow.
Застосуйте цю граматику у вправах курсу B1
Вправи для практикиLeaving the infinitive in its direct form before a postposition.
Direct infinitive before a postposition
chalne se, never chalna se.
ka agreeing with the verb rather than the following noun
sone ki jagah: ki follows jagah, which is feminine.
Smoking is prohibited here.
Infinitive as subject, exactly as in Russian.
It's time to sleep now.
Oblique infinitive with ka; Russian switches to a verbal noun here.
Close the door.
A bare infinitive as a standing instruction, like a Russian sign.
Практикувати в курсі
Застосуйте цю граматику у вправах курсу B1