मलाई लाग्छ

Saying I Think

Level 3Sounds Like malā'ī lāgcha

मलाई लाग्छ introduces an opinion or a guess.

How It Works

The thinker is not the doer of an action. It is the one the thought comes to, so it takes लाई and the verb stays लाग्छ.

ThinkerForm
ममलाई लाग्छ
तिमीतिमीलाई लाग्छ
तपाईंतपाईंलाई लाग्छ
सरितासरितालाई लाग्छ

The opinion follows, with or without कि: मलाई लाग्छ, ऊ घरमा छ.

It is also the way to ask what someone thinks: तपाईंलाई के लाग्छ? (what do you think?).

The negative is मलाई त्यस्तो लाग्दैन (I do not think so).

Do not use म or ले as the thinker. लाग्छ is a feeling verb, so the thinker takes लाई: मलाई लाग्छ, not म लाग्छ or मैले लाग्छ. The same verb is used for feelings such as मलाई भोक लाग्छ.

Examples (5)

  1. मलाई लाग्छ, भोलि पानी पर्छ।

    I think it will rain tomorrow.

    मलाई लाग्छ gives a guess.

  2. मलाई लाग्छ कि ऊ घरमा छ।

    I think that he is at home.

    कि is optional.

  3. तपाईंलाई के लाग्छ?

    What do you think?

    The question uses तपाईंलाई.

  4. मलाई त्यस्तो लाग्दैन।

    I do not think so.

    लाग्दैन is the negative.

  5. सरितालाई लाग्छ, परीक्षा गाह्रो हुन्छ।

    Sarita thinks the exam will be hard.

    The thinker takes लाई.

Common Mistakes

  • Using म as the thinker.

    म लाग्छ भोलि पानी पर्छ।
    मलाई लाग्छ, भोलि पानी पर्छ।

    The thinker of a feeling verb takes लाई: मलाई.

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मलाई लाग्छLevel 3Saying I Think

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