चाहिन्छ
Saying What You Need
चाहिन्छ works like मन पर्छ: the person comes first with लाई.
How It Works
Nepali uses चाहिन्छ for what a person needs or wants.
| Who | What | Verb |
|---|---|---|
| मलाई | एक गिलास पानी | चाहिन्छ। |
| मलाई | चिनी | चाहिँदैन। |
The person takes लाई, so the pattern is the same as मन पर्छ.
The question word is के: तपाईंलाई के चाहिन्छ? (what do you need?). A shopkeeper may ask it, and you can answer with a measure: मलाई दुई किलो आलु चाहिन्छ.
The negative is written चाहिँदैन. The chandrabindu on इ is part of the spelling: चाहिदैन is wrong.
चाहिन्छ is for things. To say you want to do something, a later entry teaches another pattern.
Examples (5)
- मलाई एक गिलास पानी चाहिन्छ।
I need a glass of water.
मलाई marks the person, and चाहिन्छ ends the sentence.
- मलाई चिनी चाहिँदैन।
I do not need sugar.
चाहिँदैन is the negative.
- तपाईंलाई के चाहिन्छ?
What do you need?
के asks what is needed.
- हामीलाई एउटा कोठा चाहिन्छ।
We need a room.
A counted thing sits between the person and the verb.
- उहाँलाई चिया चाहिन्छ?
Does she want tea?
The polite question uses उहाँलाई.
Common Mistakes
Using म instead of मलाई.
म पानी चाहिन्छ।मलाई पानी चाहिन्छ।The person who needs takes लाई.
Leaving out the chandrabindu in the negative.
मलाई चिनी चाहिदैन।मलाई चिनी चाहिँदैन।The negative is चाहिँदैन, with a chandrabindu.
How It Connects
Learn This First
चाहिन्छ also marks the person with लाई and uses the present.
Related Patterns
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.
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