करउँ / करहिं

Old Present Endings

Level 6Sounds Like kara'um̐ a'ura karahiṁ

Old poetry uses short present forms with no helper, like करउँ (I do) and करहिं (they do).

How It Works

In the older poems, a verb carries its own present tense.

That is why a line of verse can feel shorter than speech: one word does what two do.

Read each line slowly, find the doer first, and then match the ending to its speech partner in the table.

Do not mix this up with the future. करहिं means they do, not they will do; the future is in the next entry.

Do not use these in conversation.

मैं कथा कहउँ, तुम सुनहु।
I tell the tale; you listen.
कहउँ is the old present for I.
सब मिलि गावहिं।
They all sing together.
गावहिं is the old present for they.
सखी सब झूला झूलहिं।
The friends all swing on the swing.
झूलहिं is the old present for they.
मैं चरन परउँ।
I fall at your feet.
परउँ is the old present for I.

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करउँ / करहिंLevel 6Old Present Endings

These are the old present forms, with no helper.

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