आपका आना
Giving an Action Its Doer
आपका आना ज़रूरी है means it is important that you come.
How It Works
An infinitive can work as a noun: आना (coming), जाना (going). To say whose action it is, put the doer before it in the possessive: आपका आना (your coming), उसका देर से आना (his coming late). English often says that or the way: आपका आना ज़रूरी है means it is important that you come.
The infinitive is masculine, so the doer takes का (मेरा, आपका, बच्चों का). Before a postposition, the infinitive changes to -ने and the doer to के (मेरे, आपके).
| Hindi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आपका आना | your coming |
| उसके जाने के बाद | after he or she left |
| मेरे पहुँचने से पहले | before I arrived |
| आपके आने से | because you came |
When the phrase describes a feminine noun, the doer often matches that noun: उसकी देर से आने की आदत (his habit of coming late).
Leave the doer out when it is the subject of the sentence: खाना खाने के बाद मैं सो गया (After eating, I fell asleep). Add it when someone else does the action: उसके खाना खाने के बाद मैं सो गया (After he ate, I fell asleep).
Examples (5)
- आपका आना बहुत ज़रूरी है।
It's really important that you come.
आपका marks who does the coming.
- उसके जाने के बाद हमने खाना खाया।
We ate after he left.
Before के बाद, जाना becomes जाने and उसका becomes उसके.
- आपके आने से हम सबको बहुत ख़ुशी हुई।
We were all so happy that you came.
आपके आने से means because of your coming.
- मुझे उसका इस तरह बात करना अच्छा नहीं लगा।
I didn't like him talking like that.
उसका बात करना is his talking.
- बच्चों का इतनी देर तक टीवी देखना ठीक नहीं है।
It isn't good for children to watch TV for so long.
A plural doer also takes का here: बच्चों का.
Common Mistakes
Leaving the doer in its subject form.
मैं पहुँचने से पहले ट्रेन चली गई।मेरे पहुँचने से पहले ट्रेन चली गई।Before -ने plus a postposition, the doer takes के: मेरे, उसके, राम के.
How It Connects
Learn This First
An infinitive used as a noun can take a possessive for its doer.
Related Patterns
- का / की / केShowing Possession
The doer uses the same का and के as any owner.
Level 1 - -ने के बादAfter Doing Something
Add a doer with के to say who did it: उसके जाने के बाद.
Level 3 - -ने से पहलेBefore Doing Something
The same works before से पहले: मेरे आने से पहले.
Level 3 - ज़रूरी हैSaying What Is Necessary
आपका आना ज़रूरी है is a common way to say someone needs to come.
Level 2
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