नीक लागब

Liking Something: नीक लागब

Level 1Sounds Like nīka lāgaba

नीक लागब says that someone likes something.

How It Works

Build the sentence in three steps.

  • The person gets का: हमका, तुमका, ओका, नेहा का.
  • Then the thing that is liked.
  • Then नीक लागत अहै.

The helper follows the thing liked, not the person. One thing takes अहै. Several things take अहैं: तुमका आम नीक लागत अहैं का? (Do you like mangoes?)

To say someone does not like it, put नाहीं between नीक and लागत: हमका ई गाना नीक नाहीं लागत अहै.

Use this pattern for everyday likes: songs, food, places and people.

Examples (5)

  1. हमका ई गाना बहुतै नीक लागत अहै।

    I like this song a lot.

    हमका is the one who likes; गाना is what is liked.

  2. नेहा का सरदी मा चाय नीक लागत अहै।

    Neha likes tea in the cold season.

    नेहा का marks Neha as the one who likes.

  3. तुमका आम नीक लागत अहैं का?

    Do you like mangoes?

    आम is plural, so the helper is अहैं.

  4. अम्मा का कजरी नीक लागत अहै।

    Mother likes kajri songs.

    The person who likes takes का, even for a family word.

  5. हमका ई फिलिम नीक नाहीं लागत अहै।

    I do not like this film.

    नाहीं comes between नीक and लागत.

Common Mistakes

  • The person who likes has no का.

    हम ई गाना नीक लागत अहै।
    हमका ई गाना नीक लागत अहै।

    Without का, the sentence has no one who likes; हम cannot be the subject here.

How It Connects

Tap a pattern to see what it builds on and what it leads to.

नीक लागबLevel 1Liking Something: नीक लागब

Learn This First

Liking is said with का for the person and a -त verb.

Learn Next

Patterns that build on this one.

Words in This Pattern

नीक