हम की करी?

Should I? Suggestions

Level 3Sounds Like hama kī karī?

A short form ending in -ी asks what to do or makes a suggestion.

How It Works

The wish form for the speaker is the stem plus -ी (after a consonant) or -इ (after ा).

VerbForm
करबकरी
पढ़बपढ़ी
देखबदेखी
आएबआबी
जाएबजाइ
बैसबबैसी

Use it in two ways:

  • A question for advice: हम की करी? (What should I do?) हम सभ कतय बैसी? (Where should we sit?)
  • A suggestion with चलू: चलू, चाह पिबी। (Come on, let's have tea.)

It also asks for permission: हम भीतर आबी? (May I come in?).

Do not use करू here. करू is the polite command to अहाँ, so it does not go with हम.

Examples (5)

  1. हम की करी?

    What should I do?

    करी: the wish form for हम.

  2. चलू, चाह पिबी।

    Come on, let's have tea.

    पिबी: a suggestion.

  3. हम भीतर आबी?

    May I come in?

    आबी asks for permission.

  4. हम की पढ़ी?

    What should I read?

    पढ़ी: asks for advice.

  5. हम सभ कतय बैसी?

    Where should we sit?

    बैसी: for हम सभ.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the command form करू with हम.

    हम की करू?
    हम की करी?

    करू is the command for अहाँ. For "What should I do?" use करी.

How It Connects

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हम की करी?Level 3Should I? Suggestions

Learn This First

The wish form करी stands beside the future करब and is first met in questions with की.

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Patterns that build on this one.