म्हणे
Saying What You Heard
The word can also tease: तो म्हणे आज खूप व्यस्त आहे!
How It Works
Say the news as a normal sentence, then add म्हणे. The sentence keeps its own tense, and म्हणे stays the same for every person and gender.
| Where | Example |
|---|---|
| at the end | उद्या पाऊस पडणार आहे म्हणे. |
| at the end | तिथले वडापाव खूप छान असतात म्हणे. |
| after the topic, with doubt | तो म्हणे आज खूप व्यस्त आहे! |
The word belongs to speech and to chats between friends, where it is also written म्हणं. A news report uses असे सांगितले for this, and म्हणाला tells who the speaker is: तो म्हणाला की तो परदेशी जाणार आहे.
म्हणे does not name a source. The listener hears only that the news is second-hand. Put it after the topic, and the sentence sounds teasing: तो म्हणे आज खूप व्यस्त आहे! means “Apparently he's very busy today!”
Do not use म्हणे for something you saw or did yourself. It says that the news came from someone else.
The word is the same for a man, a woman and a group: तो, ती and ते all go with म्हणे.
Examples (5)
- तो परदेशी जाणार आहे म्हणे.
He's going abroad, apparently.
म्हणे shows the speaker only heard this.
- उद्या पाऊस पडणार आहे म्हणे.
It's going to rain tomorrow, I hear.
म्हणे ends the sentence and keeps the tense.
- तिथले वडापाव खूप छान असतात म्हणे.
The vadapav there is very good, I hear.
The sentence reports what other people say.
- आजीची तब्येत आता बरी आहे म्हणे.
Grandma is better now, I hear.
म्हणे passes on the news.
- तो म्हणे आज खूप व्यस्त आहे!
Apparently he is very busy today!
म्हणे after the topic sounds doubtful.
Common Mistakes
Using म्हणे for something the speaker saw.
मी काल सईला पाहिले म्हणे.मी काल सईला पाहिले.म्हणे says the news is second-hand, so a speaker who saw it leaves it out.
Using म्हणे for a named speaker.
सर म्हणे की परीक्षा सोमवारी आहे.सर म्हणाले की परीक्षा सोमवारी आहे.To report what a named person said, use म्हणाले की. म्हणे only passes on hearsay.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Reportedly adds the speaker's distance.
Related Patterns
- असे सांगितलेReporting Official Statements
The formal way to report a statement.
Level 5 - असे … कीReporting Words and Thoughts
Reporting what someone said.
Level 4 - की कायWondering if
A way to wonder about something.
Level 5 - -ही / सुद्धाAlso and Too
Words that add to what is said.
Level 2 - नक्की / बहुतेक / कदाचितSurely, Probably and Perhaps
Words that show how sure the speaker is.
Level 3
Words in This Pattern
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