-ून जाणे / -ून येणे

Doing Something and Going or Coming

Level 4Sounds Like ̔ūna jāṇē / -̔ūna yēṇē

जाऊन येणे means to go somewhere and come back: मी बँकेत जाऊन येते.

How It Works

The -ून form names the action. जाणे shows that it is complete, and येणे adds a return.

PatternMeaningExample
-ून जाणेdone and goneविसरून जाणे, सुकून जाणे, निघून जाणे
-ून येणेdo it and come backपिऊन येणे, भेटून येणे, पाहून येणे
जाऊन येणेgo and returnबँकेत जाऊन येणे

With जाणे the action is seen as complete, often something that happens to you or to a thing: a forgotten number, flowers that dried up, a guest who left. A speaker says मी विसरून गेलो to show that it is completely forgotten.

With येणे the first action is a short errand and the speaker is coming back afterwards: चहा पिऊन ये, दुकानात जाऊन ये. In the past, the combination can look back on the whole trip: आजी गावाला जाऊन आल्या.

Spelling: the stem of पिणे is पि. It stays short before -ऊन (पिऊन) and in पितो and पिते, and lengthens in the -त form (पीत).

A request can use the pattern too: विसरून जाऊ नकोस. (Don't forget it.)

Examples (5)

  1. मी तुझा नंबर विसरून गेलो.

    I completely forgot your number. A man is speaking.

    विसरून गेलो says the number is gone from his mind.

  2. पाणी पिऊन ये.

    Have some water and come back.

    पिऊन ये asks for a short errand and a return.

  3. फुले सुकून गेली.

    The flowers have dried up.

    सुकून गेली says the drying is complete; it agrees with फुले, a neuter plural.

  4. आजी गावाला जाऊन आल्या.

    Grandma has been to the village and come back.

    जाऊन आल्या uses the respectful plural for आजी.

  5. मी बँकेत जाऊन येते.

    I'll go to the bank and come back. A woman is speaking.

    जाऊन येते ends in -ते because the speaker is a woman.

Common Mistakes

  • Writing the -ऊन form with a long ई.

    पाणी पीऊन ये.
    पाणी पिऊन ये.

    The long ई shortens before -ऊन.

  • Not matching गेली to the noun.

    फुले सुकून गेला.
    फुले सुकून गेली.

    फुले is a neuter plural, so the verb is गेली.

How It Connects

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-ून जाणे / -ून येणेLevel 4Doing Something and Going or Coming

Learn This First

Do and go is a compound verb.

Words in This Pattern

जाणेयेणे