-वाला
People Tied to a Thing
A noun plus वाला names the person who deals with it. It joins the noun.
How It Works
The ending वाला is added to a noun to name the person who sells it, drives it, has it or is known by it. It is usually written joined to the noun.
| Noun | Person |
|---|---|
| टेम्पो | टेम्पोवाला (tempo driver) |
| दूध | दूधवाला (milk seller) |
| तरकारी | तरकारीवाली (a woman vegetable seller) |
| चश्मा | चश्मावाला (the one with glasses) |
The ending works like an adjective. Before a man it is वाला, before a woman it is वाली, and for many people it is वाले. Other words that name a job, such as चालक for a driver, are common in writing, and वाला is the everyday spoken form.
The ending is more spoken than written. In a news report you would more likely read चालक or विक्रेता.
Examples (4)
- टेम्पोवालाले हामीलाई बजारमा छोडिदियो।
The tempo driver dropped us at the market.
टेम्पोवाला names the driver; ले marks the doer.
- तरकारीवाली दिदीले मलाई सस्तोमा दिइन्।
The vegetable seller gave it to me cheap.
वाली fits a woman.
- दूधवाला बिहानै आउँछ।
The milk seller comes early in the morning.
दूधवाला is the usual word.
- चश्मावाला केटा मेरो भाइ हो।
The boy with the glasses is my younger brother.
वाला here names the one known by an object.
Common Mistakes
Writing वाला as a separate word.
टेम्पो वाला हामीलाई बजारमा छोडिदियो।टेम्पोवालाले हामीलाई बजारमा छोडिदियो।Careful print joins वाला to the noun, and ले joins वाला.
Related Patterns
Practice -वाला in Bubblegum
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