बेचाइल / धराइल

Things That Get Done: -आइल

Level 4Sounds Like bēcā'ila ā dharā'ila

Some verbs add -आ to mean get done: the thing is the subject, and no doer is named.

How It Works

These verbs show a result that happens to the subject. The cause is left out, or is not important.

Base verbGet-done verbSense
बेचलबेचाइलget sold
धरलधराइलget caught
रँगलरँगाइलget dyed
भेंटलभेंटाइलget found
सुनलसुनाइलbe heard

In the past, they often take गइल: बेचा गइल, धरा गइल.

Compare with the other passive-like form, कइल गइल. That form works for most verbs. The -आइल form is for a short list of common ones, and it sounds more like everyday talk.

Examples (5)

  1. घर बेचा गइल।

    The house got sold.

    बेचा गइल names the result.

  2. चोर धरा गइल।

    The thief got caught.

    धरा गइल has no doer.

  3. कपड़ा हरियर रंग में रँगा गइल।

    The cloth got dyed green.

    रँगा गइल is from रँगल.

  4. हेराइल बटुआ भेंटा गइल।

    The lost purse was found.

    भेंटा गइल means turned up.

  5. भीड़ में हमार बात ना सुनाइल।

    My words weren't heard in the crowd.

    सुनाइल means be heard.

How It Connects

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

बेचाइल / धराइलLevel 4Things That Get Done: -आइल

Learn This First

बेचा गइल reports an event with no doer, like कइल गइल, and -आइल needs telling apart from -आव.