देखि के / कहि के

Older -इ Forms in Writing

Level 6Sounds Like dēkhi kē ā kahi kē

Literary and eastern Bhojpuri keep an -इ on some stems, as in देखि के.

How It Works

Older books, songs and eastern writers keep a final -इ on some stems. Around Ara and Chhapra, speakers say the plain stem.

Some writers also spell -लस as -लसि: देखलसि, दिहलसि. It is the same word.

You will see these forms in old books and many songs. Learn them to read. In your own writing, use the plain stem.

ऊ हमरा के देखि के मुसुका दिहलसि।
He smiled when he saw me.
देखि के and दिहलसि keep the -इ.
पढ़ि के लइका सुति गइल।
The boy read and then fell asleep.
The -इ stays on पढ़ि.
नेहा कहि के चलि गइली।
Neha said it and left.
Both verbs keep the -इ.
ऊ चलि गइल।
He went away.
चलि गइल, a written form.

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देखि के / कहि केLevel 6Older -इ Forms in Writing

देखि के is an older spelling of देख के, and -लसि is one of -लस.

Patterns that build on this one.

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