Background Review
Let’s look at how to request something…
Adding -iye
To request someone to do something, we add -iye
pronounced as ee-YAY
dekh-iye = please see / please look
sun-iye = please listen
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Please make (bana) = b…
Please come (aa) =
Adding Objects
Now as usual, we can also add objects in front of verbs
dosa bana-iye = make dosa
address bata-iye = tell the address
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Please watch the movie (dekh) = movie…
Please go home (ja) =
3 important exceptions
Please give:
de -> de-iye (incorrect)
de-> di-jiye (correct)
Please take:
le -> le-iye (incorrect)
le-> li-jiye (correct)
Please do:
kar -> kar-iye (acceptable)
kar-> ki-jiye (correct)
You Try...
Please give water (de) =water…
Please take the book (le) =
Please do the work (kar) =
A quick word about please
kripaya = please
* “kripaya” sounds very formal and is best avoided at the start
the “please” in our examples above is implied through the tone
