Fiji Hindi - Grammatical Features

Grammatical Features

• Fijian Hindi does not have plurals. For example, one house is ek gharr in Fijian Hindi and two houses is dui gharr in Fijian Hindi. In this example, the number is used to denote plural. Plurals can also be stated with the use of log. For example, ee means "this person" (singular) and ee log means "these people" (plural). Sabb (all) and dHerr (many) are also used to denote plural. There are some exceptions, however. For example, a boy is larrka (single) and boys are larrkan (plural). Older generations still use a similar form of plural, for example, admian, for more than one man (singular: admi)

• The is no definite article (the) in Fijian Hindi, but definite nouns can be made by adding the suffix wa; for example, larrka (a boy) and larrkwa (the boy). Definite nouns are also created using the suffix "kana"; for example, chhota (small) and chhotkana (the small one). Another way of indicating definite article is by the use of pronouns: ii (this), uu (that) and wahii (the same one).