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Natural gender dictates the grammatical gender.
Plurals
The plural of type 1 masculine nouns is formed by changing
the final -ā to -e:
beTā beTe
son sons
The plural of type 2 masculine nouns is the same as the sin- HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
gular:
bhāi bhāi
brother brothers
The plural of type 1 feminine nouns is formed by changing
the final -ī toī -iyā:
beTīT beTiyā
daughter daughters N

The plural of type 2 feminine nouns is formed by adding -e:
bahan bahane Nouns
sister sisters
Cases
There are two cases in Hindi and Urdu. These are the direct
and the oblique. The oblique form is used when there is a
word like kā (of ) or kō (to) (see page 219) after the noun:
mere beTe kā merī beTī kōT
of my son to my daughter
The endings for these forms are:
masculine type 1
sing pl sing pl
direct beTā beTe oblique beTe beTō
son sons son sons
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