The speaker's attitudes and intentions
Source of knowledge
How the speaker knows
How does the speaker know?
अर्थ
A signal that marks whether information is seen, heard, inferred, assumed, reported, remembered, or generally known.
इसे कैसे पहचानें
Ask whether the sentence shows the source of knowledge.
Visual guide
claim: the train is late
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evidence layer:
how does speaker know?
I heard / it seems / apparently
Apparently, the train is late.
अपनी मातृभाषा में
हिंदी
Hindi has reportative and inferential phrases, but not a mandatory evidential grammar system.
सुना है कि वह दिल्ली गया।