करौ / जाव

Telling a Friend to Do Something

Level 2Sounds Like karau a'ura jāva

With तुम a command ends in -औ, or in -व after a vowel.

How It Works

Stem ends in	Ending	Examples
a consonant	-औ	बइठौ, करौ, देखौ, पढ़ौ
a vowel	-व	जाव, खाव, आव, देव

Use it with friends, colleagues and people about your own age. For close family and children use the bare stem (कर अउर जा). For elders and strangers use -इए.

To say don't, put मत in front: मत जाव. Awadhi writes -औ, not the Hindi -ो.

The ending also tells you how close you are. If you can say हौ to the person, you can say करौ. If you need अहैं and आप, switch to the polite form.

Examples (5)

इहाँ बइठौ।
Sit here.
बइठौ is बइठ plus -औ.
घर जाव।
Go home.
जाव is जा plus -व.
ई किताब देखौ।
Look at this book.
देखौ is देख plus -औ.
जल्दी खाना खाव।
Eat your food quickly.
खाव is खा plus -व.
सात बजे आव।
Come at seven.
आव is आ plus -व.

Common Mistakes

Using the bare stem with तुम.
तुम इहाँ बइठ।
तुम इहाँ बइठौ।
तुम needs -औ; the bare stem is for तू.

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करौ / जावLevel 2Telling a Friend to Do Something

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