काहे कि

Giving a Reason

Level 3Sounds Like kāhē ki

काहे कि means because.

How It Works

काहे कि opens the reason clause. It comes after the main statement, with a comma.

Result	काहे कि	Reason
हम ना अइनी,	काहे कि	हमार तबीयत ठीक ना रहे।
लइका रोवत बा,	काहे कि	ओकरा भूख लागल बा।

The reason clause is a full sentence with its own verb. Match the tense to the facts, not to the first clause.

It is the reverse of एहसे. If you want the reason first, use एहसे: तबीयत ठीक ना रहे, एहसे हम ना अइनी.

The spelling काहे कि has two words. Do not use the Hindi क्योंकि.

हम ना अइनी, काहे कि हमार तबीयत ठीक ना रहे।
I didn't come because I wasn't well.
काहे कि opens the reason.
नेहा खुश बाड़ी, काहे कि ओकर भाई आइल बा।
Neha is happy because her brother has come.
The reason is in the present.
रउआ मत जाईं, काहे कि बरखा होखे वाला बा।
Please don't go, because it is about to rain.
काहे कि follows a polite request.
हमनी देर से पहुँचनी जा, काहे कि गाड़ी लेट रहे।
We arrived late because the train was late.
The reason clause has its own verb.
लइका रोवत बा, काहे कि ओकरा भूख लागल बा।
The child is crying because he is hungry.
भूख लागल बा is the reason.

Using the Hindi क्योंकि.
हम ना अइनी, क्योंकि हमार तबीयत ठीक ना रहे।
हम ना अइनी, काहे कि हमार तबीयत ठीक ना रहे।
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काहे किLevel 3Giving a Reason

काहे कि joins काहे and कि into because.

काहे कि

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