Dhivehi/Grammar

Main Parts of Speech

The main parts of speech in Dhivehi are nouns, pronouns, numerals, verbs, adjectives, and postpositions (rather than prepositions) and adverbs.

Nouns

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Nouns in Dhivehi are divided into two subcategories: human and non-human nouns.

• Human nouns:

1. މީހާ<n><sg> ↔ މީހާ (person)

   ފުލުސް<n><sg> ↔ ފުލުސް (police)

• Non-human nouns

Pronouns

• Demonstrative Pronouns
• Personal Pronouns
• Interrogative Pronouns

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