Questions & Answers about मैं किताब आज लौटाऊँगी क्योंकि नियत तारीख कल है।
Why is लौटाऊँगी used here, and what exactly does it mean grammatically?
लौटाऊँगी is the first-person singular future form of लौटाना, which means to return or to bring back something.
So here it means I will return.
A simple breakdown:
- लौटाना = to return something
- लौटाऊँगी = I will return, said by a female speaker
So the core of the sentence is:
- मैं किताब आज लौटाऊँगी = I will return the book today
Why does the verb end in -ऊँगी?
The ending -ऊँगी shows two things at once:
- first person singular = I
- feminine speaker
So a female speaker says:
- मैं लौटाऊँगी = I will return
A male speaker would say:
- मैं लौटाऊँगा
This is one of the ways Hindi shows gender more clearly than English.
Why is the verb feminine? The book is feminine too, so is the verb agreeing with किताब?
No. Here the verb is not feminine because of किताब. It is feminine because the speaker is female.
In this sentence, लौटाऊँगी matches मैं: