-یوں

Oblique Plurals in Iyon

Level 2

Compare several items alone with a phrase about those same items.

How It Works

The postposition phrase ان کرسیوں پر refers to several chairs. Its ending does two jobs: plural number and oblique case.

The pattern also occurs in masculine nouns such as آدمی: آدمیوں سے. Direct plural آدمی does not have to end in یاں to form an oblique plural in یوں.

For one chair, کرسی stays کرسی before a postposition. Do not use کرسیوں merely because you see پر; you also need a plural meaning.

ان کرسیوں پر کپڑے ہیں۔
There are clothes on those chairs.
Several chairs take the oblique plural کرسیوں.
ان کھڑکیوں سے روشنی آتی ہے۔
Light comes through those windows.
کھڑکیوں precedes سے.
ان آدمیوں سے راستہ پوچھیے۔
Ask those men for directions.
Masculine آدمی also has an oblique plural in یوں.
اس کرسی پر ایک کتاب ہے۔
There is a book on that chair.
A single chair keeps کرسی before پر.

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-یوںLevel 2Oblique Plurals in Iyon

Apply plural oblique marking to the feminine -ی noun class. Recognize the feminine singular and direct plural forms.

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