मलाई / तिमीलाई / तपाईंलाई

Pronouns with लाई

Level 1Sounds Like malā'ī, timīlā'ī ra tapā'īnlā'ī

Each pronoun has a form with लाई, and two of them change.

How It Works

Pronouns take लाई for the person who receives or is the object of an action.

PronounWith लाई
ममलाई
हामीहामीलाई
तिमीतिमीलाई
तपाईंतपाईंलाई
ऊउसलाई
उनीउनलाई
उहाँउहाँलाई

Use them with दिनु, फोन गर्नु, मन पर्छ and चाहिन्छ: मलाई पानी दिनुहोस् (please give me water).

Always write the pronoun and लाई as one word: मलाई, not म लाई.

Of these seven, two change: ऊ becomes उसलाई and उनी becomes उनलाई. Learn these two as whole words. Pronouns outside this list change too: यो becomes यसलाई, त्यो becomes त्यसलाई and को becomes कसलाई.

The same forms appear with other verbs that take लाई, such as भन्नु (to tell) and सोध्नु (to ask): तपाईंलाई भन्छु means I will tell you.

Examples (5)

  1. मलाई पानी दिनुहोस्।

    Please give me water.

    मलाई is म plus लाई, written as one word.

  2. म तिमीलाई फोन गर्छु।

    I will call you.

    तिमीलाई adds लाई without any change.

  3. हामी तपाईंलाई चिया दिन्छौँ।

    We give you tea.

    तपाईंलाई is the polite form.

  4. उनलाई चिया मन पर्छ।

    She likes tea.

    उनी becomes उनलाई.

  5. उहाँलाई नमस्ते भन्नुहोस्।

    Please say namaste to him.

    उहाँलाई is the respectful form.

Common Mistakes

  • Writing the pronoun and लाई apart.

    म लाई पानी दिनुहोस्।
    मलाई पानी दिनुहोस्।

    म and लाई are written together as one word.

  • Not changing ऊ.

    म ऊलाई किताब दिन्छु।
    म उसलाई किताब दिन्छु।

    ऊ becomes उसलाई.

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मलाई / तिमीलाई / तपाईंलाईLevel 1Pronouns with लाई

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मलाई, तिमीलाई and तपाईंलाई are pronouns with लाई.

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