खा के

Having Done: Stem + के

Level 3Sounds Like khā kē

Stem plus के links an action to the next one.

How It Works

The stem plus के works like having done. It joins two verbs without आ.

It can mean one action first and then the next (खा के सुतऽ), or the way something is done (बइठ के पियल).

The first verb never changes for person or tense. Only the last does.

Negative: put ना or मत before the last verb, with मत for a command. The first verb stays as it is: खा के मत सुतऽ (Don't sleep right after eating).

खाना खा के सुतऽ।
Eat, then sleep.
खा के comes first.
ऊ बइठ के चाय पियत बा।
He is sitting and drinking tea.
बइठ के says how.
हम ऑफिस से आ के नहइनी।
I came from the office and bathed.
आ के is the first step.
माई हँस के बतियावे लगली।
Mother began to talk, smiling.
हँस के shows the manner.
गाड़ी पकड़ के हम पटना पहुँचनी।
I took the train and reached Patna.
पकड़ के is the first step.

Copying the Hindi खाकर.
खाना खाकर सुतऽ।
खाना खा के सुतऽ।
Bhojpuri uses stem plus के.

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खा केLevel 3Having Done: Stem + के

खा के puts के after the plain stem and links two actions, as आ can.

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