पहुँचि जाब

Completing a Change: जाब

Level 3Sounds Like pahum̐ci jāba

जाब after the -इ form shows a change that has finished.

How It Works

जाब normally means "go", but after the -इ form it marks a change that is over. The main verb says what happened, and जाब says it is done.

FormMeaning
पहुँचि गईshe arrived
थकि गएनI got tired
उबलि गवाit boiled
भूलि गएthey forgot

जाब agrees with the person: गवा for a man or masculine noun, गई for a woman or feminine noun, गए for several or respect, गएन for हम. The pattern also appears with होब: होइ गवा (it became, it happened).

The first verb is almost always one that has no object: arrive, tire, forget, fall asleep. It is the usual way to describe a state that now holds.

Examples (4)

  1. नेहा पहुँचि गई।

    Neha arrived.

    गई agrees with Neha and finishes the arriving.

  2. दूध उबलि गवा।

    The milk has boiled.

    उबलि गवा shows the change has happened.

  3. हम थकि गएन।

    I got tired.

    गएन is the हम form of जाब.

  4. ऊ लोग सब भूलि गए।

    They all forgot.

    गए is the plural.

Common Mistakes

  • Use -इ before जाब, not the bare stem.

    नेहा पहुँच गई।
    नेहा पहुँचि गई।

    The bare stem is Hindi.

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पहुँचि जाबLevel 3Completing a Change: जाब

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This puts जाब after the -इ form and uses its past forms.

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Patterns that build on this one.