निर्णय लेना / प्रयास करना
Formal Verb Phrases
निर्णय लेना means to decide and प्रयास करना means to try: a formal noun plus a common verb.
How It Works
Many Hindi actions are a noun plus a common verb. The formal ones are everywhere in news, offices and speeches, and each has an everyday partner.
| Formal | Everyday | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| निर्णय लेना | फ़ैसला करना | to decide |
| प्रयास करना | कोशिश करना | to try |
| सहायता प्रदान करना | मदद देना | to provide help |
| भाग लेना | हिस्सा लेना | to take part |
| चर्चा करना | बात करना | to discuss |
प्रदान करना means to give or grant, and it is formal. The person who receives takes को: किसानों को सहायता प्रदान की गई (Help was given to the farmers).
Two rules make these phrases work:
- Agreement. In the past with ने, the verb agrees with the noun in the phrase, because that noun is the object. निर्णय is masculine: समिति ने निर्णय लिया. चर्चा is feminine: हमने चर्चा की.
- Postposition. Each phrase has a fixed way to link what it is about: प्रतियोगिता में भाग लेना, विषय पर चर्चा करना, समझने का प्रयास करना.
Learn each phrase together with its postposition, as you would a new verb.
Examples (5)
- समिति ने कल की बैठक में यह निर्णय लिया।
The committee made this decision at yesterday's meeting.
निर्णय is masculine, so the verb is लिया.
- हम इस समस्या को सुलझाने का पूरा प्रयास करेंगे।
We will make every effort to solve this problem.
प्रयास करना links an action with the -ने form and का: सुलझाने का.
- सरकार ने बाढ़ पीड़ितों को सहायता प्रदान की।
The government provided help to the flood victims.
The receivers take को; the verb agrees with सहायता, which is feminine.
- इस प्रतियोगिता में पचास विद्यार्थियों ने भाग लिया।
Fifty students took part in this competition.
भाग लेना uses में for the event.
- हमने इस विषय पर विस्तार से चर्चा की।
We discussed this topic in detail.
चर्चा is feminine, so the verb is की.
Common Mistakes
Using the masculine form with a feminine noun.
हमने इस विषय पर चर्चा किया।हमने इस विषय पर चर्चा की।With ने, the verb agrees with चर्चा, which is feminine.
Using की for the receiver with प्रदान करना.
सरकार ने किसानों की सहायता प्रदान की।सरकार ने किसानों को सहायता प्रदान की।सहायता करना takes की, but with प्रदान करना the receiver takes को.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Formal verb phrases apply the noun-plus-verb pattern to formal words.
Related Patterns
- Past Verbs Agree With the Object
With ने, the verb agrees with the noun in the phrase.
Level 2 - का इंतज़ार करना / की मदद करनाVerbs That Take का or की
Like these verbs, formal phrases link their object with a fixed postposition.
Level 3 - Reading Dense Formal Prose
Dense formal prose is built largely from phrases like these.
Level 6
Words in This Pattern
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