-लेले / असलेले

Long Descriptions Before a Noun

Level 5Sounds Like lēlē / asalēlē

Marathi puts the whole description before the noun it describes.

How It Works

Level 4 taught -लेला for a short description such as केलेले काम. News and notices stretch the same form into a long phrase: the whole description, with its place, time and doer, comes first, and the noun comes last.

MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular-लेला / असलेला-लेली / असलेली-लेले / असलेले
Plural-लेले / असलेले-लेल्या / असलेल्या-लेली / असलेली

The participle agrees with the noun it describes, which is the last word of the phrase, and never with a noun inside the description. In सरकारने जाहीर केलेल्या योजना, the form is -लेल्या because योजना is feminine and plural.

Before an ending the form changes to -लेल्या for every gender: जाहीर केलेल्या योजनांचा लाभ.

Use असलेला for a state that holds at the time of the sentence, now or in the past: फलाटावर उभे असलेले प्रवासी. Use -लेला for an action that is done: गेल्या वर्षी बांधलेला पूल.

Read a long phrase from the end. The noun tells you what is described, and the words before it tell you which one.

Examples (5)

  1. फलाटावर उभे असलेले प्रवासी गाडीची वाट पाहत होते.

    The passengers standing on the platform were waiting for the train.

    उभे असलेले describes the masculine plural प्रवासी.

  2. गेल्या वर्षी बांधलेला पूल पावसात खचला.

    The bridge built last year gave way in the rain.

    बांधलेला agrees with the masculine noun पूल.

  3. सरकारने जाहीर केलेल्या योजनांचा लाभ शेतकऱ्यांना मिळेल.

    Farmers will benefit from the schemes the government has announced.

    जाहीर केलेल्या takes the oblique form before the ending -चा.

  4. कार्यालयात ठेवलेली कागदपत्रे ओली झाली.

    The documents kept in the office got wet.

    ठेवलेली agrees with the neuter plural कागदपत्रे.

  5. वर्षानुवर्षे बंद असलेले ते घर आता दुरुस्त करण्यात आले.

    That house, closed for years, has now been repaired.

    बंद असलेले describes the neuter noun घर.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting the description after the noun.

    प्रवासी उभे असलेले फलाटावर गाडीची वाट पाहत होते.
    फलाटावर उभे असलेले प्रवासी गाडीची वाट पाहत होते.

    The full description goes before the noun it describes.

  • Matching the participle to a noun inside the description.

    सरकारने जाहीर केलेला योजना शेतकऱ्यांना मिळेल.
    सरकारने जाहीर केलेल्या योजना शेतकऱ्यांना मिळतील.

    The participle agrees with योजना, which is feminine plural.

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-लेले / असलेलेLevel 5Long Descriptions Before a Noun

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