-छे / -छिन् / -छ्यौ

Present Verbs for a Woman

Level 1Sounds Like chē, -chin ra -chyau

Three present endings show that the doer is a woman or a girl.

How It Works

The simple present shows when a woman or girl is the doer. Compare the endings.

DoerFor a manFor a woman
ऊ-छ-छे
उनी-छन्-छिन्
तिमी-छौ-छ्यौ

Examples: ऊ चिया पिउँछे (she drinks tea), सरिता काम गर्छिन् (Sarita works) and तिमी कहाँ जान्छ्यौ? (where do you go?, to a woman).

A woman's name usually takes the उनी ending: सरिता चिया पिउँछिन्. For a woman you respect highly, such as a teacher or an elder, use -नुहुन्छ instead. A man's name takes -छन् when you show respect: रमेश चिया पिउँछन्. The plain -छ is also heard for a man.

म has no gender in the verb: a woman says म जान्छु, like a man. तपाईं and उहाँ also stay the same, because -नुहुन्छ has no gender.

Many people use -छौ for a woman in everyday speech too, but writing and careful speech keep the forms above. The final न् in -छिन् is written with a halanta.

Examples (5)

  1. ऊ चिया पिउँछे।

    She drinks tea.

    -छे is the ending that goes with ऊ when ऊ is a woman or girl.

  2. सरिता काम गर्छिन्।

    Sarita works.

    A woman's name usually takes -छिन्, the उनी ending.

  3. तिमी कहाँ जान्छ्यौ?

    Where do you go? (to a woman)

    -छ्यौ goes with तिमी when you speak to a woman.

  4. मेरी बहिनी स्कुल जान्छिन्।

    My younger sister goes to school.

    The sister is a woman, so the verb ends in -छिन्.

  5. गीता भात खान्छिन्।

    Gita eats rice.

    खा adds न् before the ending.

Common Mistakes

  • Using a man's ending with a woman's name.

    सरिता चिया पिउँछ।
    सरिता चिया पिउँछिन्।

    Writing and careful speech use -छिन् for a woman, not -छ.

  • Using a woman's ending with a man.

    रमेश जान्छे।
    रमेश जान्छन्।

    -छे is only for a woman or a girl. A man takes -छन्, or the plain -छ.

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-छे / -छिन् / -छ्यौLevel 1Present Verbs for a Woman

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Women's forms change the present endings, so the learner needs the present and gender.

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