Comments on: Hindi & Urdu: ‘He turned out to be *a* thief’ vs. ‘He turned out to be *the* thief’ ? ?? ? http://www.dhartipakistan.com/urdu-news/hindi-urdu-he-turned-out-to-be-a-thief-vs-he-turned-out-to-be-the-thief Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:07:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: meenakshi http://www.dhartipakistan.com/urdu-news/hindi-urdu-he-turned-out-to-be-a-thief-vs-he-turned-out-to-be-the-thief/comment-page-1#comment-1056 meenakshi Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:32:59 +0000 http://www.dhartipakistan.com/urdu-news/hindi-urdu-he-turned-out-to-be-a-thief-vs-he-turned-out-to-be-the-thief#comment-1056 okay, now i understand my confusion ! it's to do with the caps you use in the English translation, along with the bracketed qualifiers ! i'll check my answer to previous Q, to confirm/alter.... in this case - 1) naukaR *HII* chor niklaa ! b) The SERVANT turned out to be *the* thief ! (so he was the one after all !) my version : b) The servant turned out to be *the* thief ! 2) *NAUKAR* hii chor niklaa ! a) The servant turned out to be *a* THIEF ! (shocking news!) my version : a) The SERVANT turned out to be *a* thief ! hope this helps all the very best :-)<br><b>References : </b><br> okay, now i understand my confusion ! it’s to do with the caps you use in the English translation, along with the bracketed qualifiers ! i’ll check my answer to previous Q, to confirm/alter….

in this case -

1) naukaR *HII* chor niklaa !
b) The SERVANT turned out to be *the* thief !
(so he was the one after all !)
my version :
b) The servant turned out to be *the* thief !

2) *NAUKAR* hii chor niklaa !
a) The servant turned out to be *a* THIEF !
(shocking news!)
my version :
a) The SERVANT turned out to be *a* thief !

hope this helps
all the very best :-)
References :

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