Nouns

Gender

There are two genders in Hindi: masculine and feminine.

Rule of thumb: nouns ending on a are masculine and nouns ending on i are feminine. There are exceptions.

Number

There are two numbers in Hindi: singular and plural.

Case

There are two cases in Hindi: direct and indirect case.

Indirect case: Used when the noun is followed by a postposition.

Direct case: Otherwise

Masculine nouns on -a

		Direct		Indirect	(larka = boy)
Singular		larka		larke
Plural		larke		larkon

Other masculine nouns

		Direct		Indirect	(guru = teacher)
Singular		guru		guru
Plural		guru		guruon

Feminine nouns on -i

		Direct		Indirect	(larki = girl)
Singular		larki		larki
Plural		larkiyan		larkiyon

Other feminine nouns

		Direct		Indirect	(kitab = book)
Singular		kitab		kitab
Plural		kitaben		kitabon