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The infinitive followed by the verb chāhiye gives the sense of
‘ought’ or ‘should’:
mujhe ab ghar jānā chāhiye f
I should go home now
Imperatives
Polite requests and commands, when English uses ‘please’, can
be expressed in Hindi and Urdu by adding -iye to the verb
stem:
(ānā to come)
andar āiye
please come in
The familiar imperative is formed by adding -ō to the verb
stem:
(ruknā to stop) (jānā( to go)
HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
yahā rukō! jāō!
stop here! go away!
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Negatives
To make a verb negative the word nahī is placed before the ī
Verbs
verb. In negative sentences in the simple present and the
present continuous the third part of the auxiliary hōnā is often
omitted:
mA yahA ā nahī rahtā (hī ū) mujhe ye mālūm nahī (hī A)
A
I don’t live here I didn’t know that
vō abhī tak nahī uī Thī
she hasn’t got up yet
In imperatives nahī is replaced by ī na:
itnī jaldī na bōliye
please don’t speak so fast
A stronger negative imperative can be expressed by mat:
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