Respectful Agreement With a Feminine Referent

Level 5

One respected woman → feminine forms with plural respect.

How It Works

A respectful reference to one woman can use ہیں with a feminine participle, as in بیٹھی ہیں. Plural respect does not require changing the participle to masculine بیٹھے.

In a phrase such as آ گئی ہیں, the written feminine participle has no final nasal mark, while ہیں carries the plural or respectful agreement. Future forms can show a nasal plural stem with feminine گی.

Keep ordinary case restrictions in place. A نے-marked doer does not suddenly control perfective agreement because she is respected; the unmarked object or default agreement still applies in that construction.

Examples (4)

  1. استاد صاحبہ کمرے میں بیٹھی ہیں۔

    The teacher is sitting in the room.

    One female teacher receives respectful agreement with بیٹھی ہیں.

  2. نانی جان کل تشریف لائیں گی۔

    Grandmother will come tomorrow.

    The future uses a respectful plural stem with feminine گی.

  3. امی بازار گئی ہیں۔

    Mother has gone to the market.

    ہیں marks respect while گئی stays feminine.

  4. آپ کہاں جا رہی ہیں؟

    Where are you going?

    A respectful question to a woman keeps feminine رہی and plural ہیں.

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Respectful Agreement With a Feminine ReferentLevel 5

Learn This First

Match participial gender while keeping the appropriate respectful auxiliary. Keep perfective object or default agreement when the respectful subject is ne-marked.