-ए चाहब

Wanting to Do Something

Level 2Sounds Like ē cāhaba

The -ए form with चाहब says that someone wants to do something.

How It Works

Idea	Pattern	Example
want to do	subject + verb-ए + चाहैत छी	हम घर जाए चाहैत छी।
want a thing	हमरा + thing + चाही	हमरा पानि चाही।

The to be word agrees with the subject: चाहैत छी (हम), चाहैत छथि (respected), चाहैत अछि (plain). The past is चाहैत छलहुँ.

Make the -ए form by adding -ए to the stem: जाए, खाए, करए, पढ़ए, सीखए. We write every infinitive this way; books also have करय or करऽ.

Do not mix the two patterns. For wanting to do something, the person is the subject. With a thing, the person takes the हमरा form.

हम घर जाए चाहैत छी।
I want to go home.
जाए is the -ए form.
हमरा पानि चाही।
I want water.
चाही goes with a thing.
ओ मैथिली सीखए चाहैत अछि।
She wants to learn Maithili.
सीखए is the -ए form of सीखब.
हम सभ पोखरि जाए चाहैत छी।
We want to go to the pond.
चाहैत छी agrees with हम सभ.
बउआ आम खाए चाहैत अछि।
The little boy wants to eat a mango.
चाहैत अछि is plain.

Using चाही to say you want to do something.
हमरा घर जाए चाही।
हम घर जाए चाहैत छी।
To say you want to do something, use चाहैत.

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-ए चाहबLevel 2Wanting to Do Something

Wanting to do something uses the -ैत present of चाहब, and it stands beside चाही for wanting a thing.

Patterns that build on this one.

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