کو + بھوک / پیاس لگنا

Feeling Hunger and Thirst

Level 2

In this pattern, the feeling is named with a noun such as بھوک or پیاس.

How It Works

The same phrase works for a masculine or feminine experiencer. Compare بلال کو and مریم کو without changing لگی for پیاس.

A habitual form describes a recurring feeling: بھوک لگتی ہے. A past form describes the experience at an earlier point.

Do not read لگنا as one fixed English verb in every expression. With these nouns it describes an experience; with an oblique infinitive it can instead mark the start of an activity.

Examples (4)

  1. بلال کو پیاس لگی ہے۔

    Bilal is thirsty.

    Feminine پیاس controls لگی.

  2. مریم کو بھوک لگی ہے۔

    Maryam is hungry.

    Feminine بھوک controls لگی.

  3. ہمیں شام کو بھوک لگتی ہے۔

    We get hungry in the evening.

    لگتی ہے presents a recurring experience.

  4. بچوں کو بہت پیاس لگی تھی۔

    The children were very thirsty.

    The plural experiencers do not force plural agreement on پیاس.

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کو + بھوک / پیاس لگناLevel 2Feeling Hunger and Thirst

Learn This First

Recognize the person experiencing hunger or thirst as کو-marked. Identify the noun’s gender when the predicate agrees with the sensation.

Words in This Pattern

لگناکوبھوکپیاس