-نے + دینا

Letting Someone Do Something

Level 3

Use کرنے دینا for “let someone do.”

How It Works

In مجھے کھڑکی کھولنے دیجیے, the speaker asks permission to open the window. مجھے identifies the person who will do the opening; دیجیے addresses the person granting permission.

Contrast کام کر دیجیے with مجھے کام کرنے دیجیے. The first asks the listener to do the work. The second asks the listener to allow the speaker to do it.

دینا carries the tense or request form. A perfective permission clause can mark the person granting permission with نے: مریم نے بچے کو باہر جانے دیا.

Examples (4)

  1. مجھے کھڑکی کھولنے دیجیے۔

    Please let me open the window.

    The permitted actor is مجھے; کھولنے is the oblique infinitive.

  2. بچے کو سونے دو۔

    Let the child sleep.

    The familiar command دو follows سونے.

  3. وہ مجھے بات کرنے نہیں دیتا۔

    He does not let me speak.

    دیتا agrees with the masculine person withholding permission.

  4. مریم نے بچے کو باہر جانے دیا۔

    Maryam let the child go outside.

    Maryam grants permission; the child performs the permitted action.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the direct infinitive before permission دینا.

    مجھے کھڑکی کھولنا دیجیے۔
    مجھے کھڑکی کھولنے دیجیے۔

    Use the oblique infinitive کھولنے in this permission construction.

How It Connects

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-نے + دیناLevel 3Letting Someone Do Something

Learn This First

Recognize an oblique infinitive before a separately conjugated verb. Identify the person permitted to act.

Words in This Pattern

دینا