-आउनु for Having Work Done
Having Something Done
A verb with -आउनु can mean having a job done by a barber, tailor or mechanic, instead of doing it yourself.
How It Works
The ending -आउनु does two jobs. One is making someone do something (see the causative entry). The other is shown here: you pay or ask a person to do a job for you.
| Plain verb | Job done for you |
|---|---|
| काट्नु (cut) | कटाउनु (get cut) |
| सिउनु (sew) | सिलाउनु (get sewn) |
| खिच्नु (take, pull) | खिचाउनु (get taken) |
| जाँच्नु (check) | जँचाउनु (get checked) |
In the new stem a long ा often becomes short: काट्नु gives कटाउनु and जाँच्नु gives जँचाउनु.
The helper is usually not named. If you want to name the place, add कहाँ or सँग: दिदीले दर्जीकहाँ कुर्ता सिलाइन्।
The person who asked for the job is the doer, so the past takes ले and the verb agrees with that person: मैले कपाल कटाएँ (I had my hair cut), उनले फोटो खिचाइन् (she had her photo taken).
Examples (5)
- मैले हिजो कपाल कटाएँ।
I had my hair cut yesterday.
कटाएँ means someone else cut it, and मैले marks me as the person who asked.
- दिदीले दर्जीकहाँ कुर्ता सिलाइन्।
My older sister had a kurta sewn at the tailor's.
सिलाइन् is the past of सिलाउनु; दर्जीकहाँ names the helper.
- हामीले यो कोट सिलाउनुपर्छ।
We need to get this coat sewn.
सिलाउनुपर्छ joins the -आउनु verb to -नुपर्छ.
- उनले आफ्नो फोटो खिचाइन्।
She had her photo taken.
खिचाइन् fits a woman who asked a photographer.
- म भोलि आँखा जँचाउँछु।
I will have my eyes checked tomorrow.
जँचाउँछु is the present form of जँचाउनु.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Having something done is a causative use.
Related Patterns
Practice -आउनु for Having Work Done in Bubblegum
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