-आउनु
Making Someone Do Something
-आउनु makes someone else do the action.
How It Works
A causative verb adds a person who makes or lets another act. Many verbs change their ending to -आउनु:
| Plain | Causative |
|---|---|
| सिक्नु (learn) | सिकाउनु (teach) |
| सुत्नु (sleep) | सुताउनु (put to sleep) |
| हाँस्नु (laugh) | हँसाउनु (make laugh) |
| चल्नु (move) | चलाउनु (drive, run) |
The sentence has two people. The causer takes ले, and the one who acts usually takes लाई: आमाले बच्चालाई सुताउनुहुन्छ. Some causatives name no second person, such as चलाउनु in मोटर चलाउनु.
Some verbs change shape in a special way, such as खानु to खुवाउनु, and that group has its own entry. Do not put a pronoun that acts in the plain form: write हामीलाई, not हामी.
Examples (5)
- शिक्षकले हामीलाई नेपाली सिकाउनुहुन्छ।
The teacher teaches us Nepali.
शिक्षकले causes and हामीलाई acts.
- आमाले बच्चालाई सुताउनुहुन्छ।
Mother puts the child to sleep.
सुताउनु comes from सुत्नु.
- उसले मलाई धेरै हँसायो।
He made me laugh a lot.
हँसायो comes from हाँस्नु.
- बुबाले छोरालाई साइकल चलाउन सिकाउनुभयो।
Father taught his son to ride a bicycle.
चलाउनु comes from चल्नु.
- शिक्षकले विद्यार्थीलाई कविता पढाउनुभयो।
The teacher taught the students a poem.
पढाउनु comes from पढ्नु.
Common Mistakes
A learner leaves a pronoun without लाई.
शिक्षकले हामी नेपाली सिकाउनुहुन्छ।शिक्षकले हामीलाई नेपाली सिकाउनुहुन्छ।A pronoun that acts takes लाई.
How It Connects
Learn This First
-आउनु makes someone do something.
Related Patterns
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.
Practice -आउनु in Bubblegum
Poppy, your AI tutor, writes Nepali lessons at your level. Tap any grammar point in a lesson to see its full explanation.
