-ि देब

Compound Verbs with देब

Level 3Sounds Like ̔i dēba

देब after another verb shows the action is done fully or for someone else.

How It Works

Use the joining form (लिखि, खोलि, गाबि) plus a form of देब.

Form	Example
Past, हम	लिखि देलहुँ
Past, respected	कऽ देलनि
Past, plain	पिआ देलक
Command, polite	गाबि दिअ

Two meanings often overlap:

Done for someone: अहाँ दरबज्जा खोलि दिअ (Open the door for us).
Done completely: माय सभ काज कऽ देलनि (Mother finished all the work).

The person you do it for takes केँ or the object form: बउआ केँ दूध पिआ देलहुँ, हमरा चिट्ठी लिखि दिअ.

Compare -ि लेब, which means you do the action for yourself. चिट्ठी लिखि देलहुँ can say I wrote it for someone. चिट्ठी लिखि लेलहुँ says I wrote it for myself.

Examples (5)

हम चिट्ठी लिखि देलहुँ।
I have written the letter.
लिखि देलहुँ: the writing is finished.
माय सभ काज कऽ देलनि।
Mother finished all the work.
कऽ देलनि: a respected subject.
अहाँ दरबज्जा खोलि दिअ।
Please open the door.
खोलि दिअ: a polite request.
हम बउआ केँ दूध पिआ देलहुँ।
I gave the little boy his milk.
पिआ देलहुँ: done for someone else.
एकटा गीत गाबि दिअ।
Sing us a song, please.
गाबि दिअ is a friendly request.

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-ि देबLevel 3Compound Verbs with देब

Learn This First

Compounds with देब follow the same shape as compounds with गेल.

-ि गेलCompound Verbs with गेल
Know मानि गेलहुँ, because लिखि देलहुँ has the same shape with देब in place of जाएब.
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