बइठिए / आइए

Polite Requests with आप

Level 2Sounds Like ba'iṭhi'ē a'ura ā'i'ē

With आप, add -इए to the stem for a polite request.

How It Works

Verb	Polite request
बइठब	बइठिए
आउब	आइए
करब	करिए
खाब	खाइए
सुनब	सुनिए

Add -इए to the stem. A stem that ends in a vowel keeps the vowel: खा gives खाइए, आ gives आइए.

The same ending is used in Hindi, and it is normal in Lucknow. Eastern speakers may also use the plural आप बइठैं.

A friend you call तुम gets -औ: बइठौ. To someone you call तू, say कर अउर जा.

Examples (5)

आइए, बइठिए।
Please come in, please sit.
Both verbs take -इए.
एक मिनट सुनिए।
Please listen for a minute.
सुनिए is सुन plus -इए.
थोरी देर रुकिए।
Please wait a little.
रुकिए is रुक plus -इए.
चाचा जी, खाना खाइए।
Uncle, please eat.
खाइए is खा plus -इए.
इहाँ बइठिए, आराम से।
Sit here, comfortably.
A respectful tone with आप.

Common Mistakes

Using a तुम ending with आप.
आप इहाँ बइठौ।
आप इहाँ बइठिए।
आप needs -इए.

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बइठिए / आइएLevel 2Polite Requests with आप

Learn This First

-इए is the polite step up from the तुम command.

करौ / जावTelling a Friend to Do Something
Know the तुम command बइठौ, because बइठिए is the same verb made polite for आप.
Level 2

Words in This Pattern

आइए

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