Noun + سے

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Level 1

Read سے with the verb and noun phrase; its English meaning depends on the construction.

How It Works

ندا لاہور سے آ رہی ہے means Nida is coming from Lahore. سے marks the starting point.

قلم سے لکھیے means write with a pen. Here سے names the tool used.

سارا مجھ سے بات کرتی ہے means Sara talks to me. The pronoun میں becomes مجھ before سے.

In وہ بس سے آتی ہے, بس سے means by bus. Read سے with its phrase to understand the relationship.

ندا لاہور سے آ رہی ہے۔
Nida is coming from Lahore.
سے marks the starting point; آ رہی ہے describes her present journey.
قلم سے لکھیے۔
Write with a pen.
سے names the tool; لکھیے addresses someone respectfully.
سارا مجھ سے بات کرتی ہے۔
Sara talks to me.
مجھ is the oblique pronoun before سے.
وہ بس سے آتی ہے۔
She comes by bus.
سے names the means of travel.

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