-ून ठेवणे

Doing Something in Readiness

Level 4Sounds Like ̔ūna ṭhēvaṇē

It also leaves the result in place: दार उघडून ठेवा means leave the door open.

How It Works

ठेवणे means “to keep” or “to put”. In this pattern the first verb does the job, and ठेवणे keeps the result for later.

Use	Example
getting ready	तिकीट काढून ठेव.
getting ready	आईने पोळ्या करून ठेवल्या.
packing ahead	मी रात्रीच बॅग भरून ठेवतो.
leaving as it is	दार उघडून ठेवा.

Compare तिकीट काढले (I booked a ticket) with तिकीट काढून ठेवले (I booked it ahead, so it is ready). The second sentence tells the listener that the matter is settled.

The pattern is popular in everyday requests: चहा करून ठेवा, पत्ता लिहून ठेव. Both ask for something to be ready when you come back.

The past form agrees with an object that has no -ला, and a third-person doer takes -ने: आईने पोळ्या करून ठेवल्या. With मी, there is no -ने, so मी बॅग भरून ठेवली.

The words आधी (first) and उद्यासाठी (for tomorrow) fit naturally, since the pattern is about being ready: आधी सगळे लिहून ठेवा. (Write everything down first.)

Examples (5)

तिकीट काढून ठेव.
Book the ticket in advance.
काढून ठेव asks for the ticket to be ready ahead of time.
आईने सकाळीच पोळ्या करून ठेवल्या.
Mom made the rotis in the morning and kept them ready.
ठेवल्या agrees with पोळ्या, a feminine plural.
मी रात्रीच बॅग भरून ठेवतो.
I pack the bag the night before. A man is speaking.
भरून ठेवतो ends in -तो because the speaker is a man.
दार उघडून ठेवा.
Leave the door open.
उघडून ठेवा keeps the door in that state.
मी उद्यासाठी भाजी चिरून ठेवते.
I chop the vegetables ahead for tomorrow. A woman is speaking.
चिरून ठेवते says the work is done in advance.

Common Mistakes

Not matching the past form to the object.
मी बॅग भरून ठेवला.
मी बॅग भरून ठेवली.
बॅग is feminine, so the past form is ठेवली.
Using the -त form.
तिकीट काढत ठेव.
तिकीट काढून ठेव.
The first verb takes -ून.

How It Connects

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-ून ठेवणेLevel 4Doing Something in Readiness

Learn This First

Do and keep is a compound verb.

-ऊन / -ूनLinking Closely Related Actions
Know -ऊन / -ून, because the first verb takes it before ठेवणे, which makes the action done for later: लिहून ठेवणे.
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