Noun / Adjective + کرنا / ہونا

Building a Verb from Another Word

Level 2

Distinguish doing something from a state or change occurring.

How It Works

An adjective-based expression can describe an action on an object: بند کرنا. With ہونا, the affected thing can instead be the subject.

A noun-based expression can have its own gender: صفائی کرنا uses feminine صفائی. In a transitive perfective, that noun can control کی when it has no postposition after it.

Not every noun can simply be combined with both verbs, and not every combination has a one-word English equivalent. Check the attested expression and any required postposition.

Examples (4)

  1. دروازہ بند ہو رہا ہے۔

    The door is closing.

    ہونا presents the door as undergoing the change.

  2. بلال دروازہ بند کر رہا ہے۔

    Bilal is closing the door.

    کرنا introduces someone acting on the door.

  3. آج کمرے کی صفائی ہو رہی ہے۔

    The room is being cleaned today.

    Feminine صفائی controls ہو رہی ہے.

  4. ہم نے کھڑکیوں کی صفائی کی۔

    We cleaned the windows.

    Unmarked feminine صفائی selects کی; the windows are in the possessive phrase.

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Noun / Adjective + کرنا / ہوناLevel 2Building a Verb from Another Word

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Distinguish causing a change from a change that happens. Recognize کرنا and ہونا as verbs in a multiword predicate.

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کرناہونا