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Causative Verbs Posted by on Jan 13, 2012 in Hindi Language

Causative verbs in Hindi are very interesting but they could be confusing for you at the beginning. The most important point to remember about them is that these verbs denote an action which is not directly performed by the subject but indirectly through some agent.

Lets have a look on these causative verbs with some examples.

पकवाना – Pakvaana – to cause to cook
हाँ, मैंने कल उससे खाना बनवाया ।
Hain, maine kal usse khaana banvaaya.
Yes, I had him cook yesterday.

लिखवाना – Likhvaana – to cause to write
अध्यापक ने श्याम से बहुत लिखवाया ।
Adyaapak ne shayam se bahut likhvaaya.
Teacher had Shyam to write a lot.

करवाना – Karvaana  – to cause to do
मेरे हाथ में दर्द है, माँ ने मुझ से बहुत काम करवाया ।
Mere haath mein dard hai, maa ne mujh se bahut kaam karvaaya.
I had pain in my hand, my mother had me work a lot.

चलवाना – Chalvaana – to cause to walk
श्याम ने फिल्म के बहाने मुझे बहुत चलवाया ।
Shyam ne film ke bahaane mujhe bahut chalvaaya.
On excuse of going for film, Shyam had me walk a lot.

पिटवाना – Pitvaana – to cause to beat
राहुल ने राकेश को आपने दोस्तों से पिटवाया ।
Rahul ne Rakesh ko aapne dosto se pitvaaya.
Rahul had his friend to beat Rakesh.

पढ़वाना – Padvaana – to cause to read
राम के पापा ने उसको सरे साल बहुत पढ़वाया ।
Raam ke papa ne usko sare saal bahut padvaaya.
Raams father had him study hard for whole year.

बिठवाना – Bidvaana – to cause to sit
डॉक्टर ने मरीजों को आधा घंटा बिठवाया ।
Doctor ne marijon ko aadha ghanta bidvaaya.
Doctor had the patients to wait for half an hour.

मिलवाना – Milvaana – to cause to meet
कमल ने मुझे उसके सरे दोस्तों से मिलवाया ।
Kamal ne mujhe uske sare dosto se milvaaya.
Kamal had me meet all his friends.

सिखवाना – Sikhvana – to cause to learn
मैंने आपनी बहिन को फ्रेंच सिखवाई ।
Meine aapni behan ko french sikhvaayi.
I had my sister to learn French.

खिलवाना – Khilvaana – to cause to eat
राजा ने सारे देश द्रोहियों को मगरमच्छ से खिलवाया ।
Raja ne sare desh drohiyon ko magarmacch se khilvaaya.
King had the crocodile eat all traitors.

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