मला पाहिजे / मला नको
Wanting a Thing
For more than one thing, पाहिजे becomes पाहिजेत and नको becomes नकोत.
How It Works
| One thing | More than one | |
|---|---|---|
| want | मला पाणी पाहिजे. | मला दोन वह्या पाहिजेत. |
| do not want | मला भाजी नको. | मला पुस्तके नकोत. |
The person is always in the -ला form: मला, तुला, तिला, आम्हाला, तुम्हाला, त्यांना. The wanted thing comes in the middle.
To ask, add का at the end: तुला चहा पाहिजे का? You can answer with just नको.
पाहिजे also means need, so मला पाणी पाहिजे can mean I want water or I need water.
The words हवा, हवी and हवे mean the same as पाहिजे, but they change with the thing wanted.
Examples (5)
- मला पाणी पाहिजे.
I want some water.
पाहिजे goes with the person in the -ला form.
- तुला चहा पाहिजे का?
Do you want tea?
का turns the sentence into a question.
- मला दोन वह्या पाहिजेत.
I want two notebooks.
पाहिजेत is used for more than one thing.
- मला भाजी नको.
I don't want the vegetable dish.
नको says no and stays the same for every gender.
- मला ही पुस्तके नकोत.
I don't want these books.
नकोत is used for more than one thing.
Common Mistakes
Putting नाही after पाहिजे.
मला पाणी पाहिजे नाही.मला पाणी नको.To say you do not want something, use नको, one word.
Using मी as the person who wants.
मी पाणी पाहिजे.मला पाणी पाहिजे.The person who wants takes -ला, so मी becomes मला.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Wanting and not wanting use the same to-me form.
Related Patterns
- हवा / हवी / हवेWanting Something with हवा
हवा means the same, and it changes with the thing wanted.
Level 1 - मला आवडते / आवडतो / आवडतातSaying What You Like
This pattern also puts the person in the -ला form.
Level 1 - -ला / -नाTo Someone and to a Place
-ला is the ending on the person.
Level 1 - -ू नकोस / -ू नकाAsking Someone Not to Act
नको also appears in requests not to do something.
Level 2
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.