के बिना
Without Something
के बिना means without and follows the thing or person that is missing.
How It Works
के बिना names what is missing. It has two orders, and both are common:
| चीनी के बिना | बिना चीनी के | without sugar |
| चश्मे के बिना | बिना चश्मे के | without glasses |
| टिकट के बिना | बिना टिकट के | without a ticket |
The noun changes as before any postposition: चश्मा → चश्मे के बिना, बच्चे → बच्चों के बिना. के stays के even after a feminine noun: चाबी के बिना. With pronouns, put बिना last: मेरे बिना, आपके बिना, उसके बिना.
When the phrase describes a noun, end it with का, की or के to match that noun: बिना चीनी की चाय (tea without sugar), बिना टिकट के यात्री (passengers without tickets).
The final के is often left off after बिना, especially in speech and on signs: बिना टिकट, बिना चीनी.
To say without doing something, Hindi uses बिना with a verb form ending in -ए: बिना पूछे (without asking). That pattern has its own entry.
Examples (5)
- मैं चश्मे के बिना पढ़ नहीं सकता।
I can't read without my glasses.
चश्मा becomes चश्मे before के बिना.
- चाबी के बिना दरवाज़ा नहीं खुलेगा।
The door won't open without the key.
के stays के after the feminine चाबी.
- आप मेरे बिना मत जाइए।
Please don't go without me.
With a pronoun: मेरे बिना, without me.
- मैं बिना चीनी की चाय पीता हूँ।
I drink my tea without sugar.
बिना comes first, and की matches चाय.
- बिना टिकट के यात्रा करना मना है।
Travelling without a ticket is not allowed.
बिना comes first, and के closes the phrase.
Common Mistakes
Changing के to की after a feminine noun.
चाबी की बिना दरवाज़ा नहीं खुलेगा।चाबी के बिना दरवाज़ा नहीं खुलेगा।के बिना keeps के after any noun, masculine or feminine.
How It Connects
Learn This First
के बिना is a two-part postposition built on के.
Related Patterns
- के साथWith Someone
के साथ is the opposite: with.
Level 2 - बिना ... -एWithout Doing Something
बिना with a verb means without doing something.
Level 4 - Nouns Before Postpositions
The noun before के बिना takes its form before a postposition.
Foundations - मेरा / मेरी / मेरे, हमारा / हमारी / हमारेMy and Our
मेरे बिना uses the -े form.
Level 1