कि

Saying That: कि

Level 3Sounds Like ki

कि introduces what someone says, thinks or knows.

How It Works

कि works like the English that. It sits between a verb of saying or thinking and the thing said.

Verb	Example
कहल (say)	माई कहली कि काल्ह छठ के घाट चलल जाई।
जानल (know)	हम जानत बानी कि तू थाकल बाड़ऽ।
बुझाइल (seem)	हमरा बुझाता कि बरखा होई।
चाहल (want)	अमित चाहत बा कि हम पटना आईं।

After चाहल, the second verb takes the wish form (आईं), not the future. Spell कि with the short i; की is a different word.

हमरा बुझाता कि ऊ ना आई।
I think he won't come.
कि opens what the speaker thinks.
माई कहली कि काल्ह छठ के घाट चलल जाई।
Mother said that we will go to the Chhath ghat tomorrow.
कि opens what mother said.
हम जानत बानी कि तू थाकल बाड़ऽ।
I know that you are tired.
कि follows जानत बानी.
अमित चाहत बा कि हम पटना आईं।
Amit wants me to come to Patna.
After चाहत बा, the wish form आईं is used.
हमरा पता बा कि दुकान आज बंद बा।
I know that the shop is closed today.
कि opens what is known.

Writing की, with a long vowel, instead of कि.
हम जानत बानी की तू थाकल बाड़ऽ।
हम जानत बानी कि तू थाकल बाड़ऽ।
कि that links clauses is spelled with the short i.

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किLevel 3Saying That: कि

The sentence after कि keeps its own verb and can be negative, as in ऊ ना आई.

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