-वाउब

Getting It Done by Someone: -वाउब

Level 4Sounds Like vā'uba

-वाउब means having someone else do the job.

How It Works

The ending -वाउब makes a verb mean "get it done by someone". It is the Awadhi way to order a service: sew, cut, repair, deliver.

Base-वाउब form
सिलब (be sewn)सिलवाउब (have sewn)
कटब (be cut)कटवाउब (have cut)
माँगब (ask for)मँगवाउब (have brought)
करब (do)करवाउब (have done)

The person who actually does the work takes से: ऊ दरजी से कुरता सिलवाइस (she had the tailor sew a kurta). The subject is the one who asks for the job.

The past forms follow the usual rules: सिलवाइस (ऊ), सिलवाएन (हम), सिलवाएव (तुम), सिलवाइन (respect).

Compare with -आउब: पढ़ाउब (teach) makes someone read, and the learner takes का. -वाउब stresses a job done by a helper or a worker, and that person takes से.

Examples (4)

  1. ऊ दरजी से कुरता सिलवाइस।

    She had the tailor sew a kurta.

    से marks the tailor, and सिलवाइस is the -वाउब past.

  2. हम दुकान से सामान मँगवाएन।

    I had the goods brought from the shop.

    मँगवाएन is the हम past.

  3. बप्पा मिस्त्री से छत ठीक करवाइन।

    Dad had a builder fix the roof.

    करवाइन uses the plural for a respected person.

  4. हम काल्हि बाल कटवाउब।

    I will get my hair cut tomorrow.

    कटवाउब is the future for हम.

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-वाउबLevel 4Getting It Done by Someone: -वाउब

Learn This First

-वाउब extends -आउब, and the example ends in the -इस past.

Words in This Pattern

करवाउबसिलवाउब