Commands (Chapter 5)

Question 1

To come

Answer 1

ānā

Question 2

To go

Answer 2

jānā

Question 3

To listen, to hear

Answer 3

sunnā

Question 4

To see, look, watch

Answer 4

dekhnā

Question 5

To do

Answer 5

karnā (irregular)

Question 6

To be

Answer 6

honā

Question 7

To write

Answer 7

likhnā

Question 8

To speak, to say

Answer 8

bolnā

Question 9

To ask

Answer 9

pūchnā

Question 10

To tell

Answer 10

batānā

Question 11

To take

Answer 11

lenā (irregular)

Question 12

To give

Answer 12

denā (irregular)

Question 13

To eat

Answer 13

khānā

Question 14

To drink

Answer 14

pīnā (irregular)

Question 15

To read, to study

Answer 15

paṛhnā

Question 16

To take out, remove from

Answer 16

nikālnā

Question 17

Don’t (negation)

Answer 17

mat (harsh), na (not)

Question 18

Polite phrases

Answer 18

zara (a little), maharbānī (formal)

Question 19

To rest

Answer 19

ārām karnā

Question 20

To get up

Answer 20

uṭhnā

Question 21

To ruin, to waste (time)

Answer 21

barbād karnā

Question 22

To close

Answer 22

band karnā

Question 23

To sit down

Answer 23

baiṭhnā or tashrīf raknā

Question 24

To come

Answer 24

tashrīf lānā

Question 25

To reply, respond, answer

Answer 25

javāb dena

Question 26

To go (with), accompany

Answer 26

chalnā

Question 27

To stop, halt

Answer 27

ruknā

Question 28

To understand

Answer 28

samajhnā

Question 29

To speak, to command

Answer 29

farmānā

Question 30

To open

Answer 30

kholnā