One letter — and another acts: gira dena, nikaalna, utaarna
The make-do form makes another person the doer: girna — to fall; gira dena — to drop (make fall). The mother dried the laundry — kapre sookha diye. She did not dry of herself; she made the laundry dry. For example: “میں نے چابی گرا دی” — I dropped the key. A rule from the Urdu course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The make-do form makes another person the doer: girna — to fall; gira dena — to drop (make fall). The mother dried the laundry — kapre sookha diye. She did not dry of herself; she made the laundry dry.
Some verbs carry the make-do pair inside: nikaalna — to take out (make out), utaarna — to take down. The pair girna / gira dena differs by one letter and one doer; the ear hears it, and so does the furniture.
Tor baithna is a step further: woh sheesha tor baitha — he went and broke the glass. The helper baithna adds the shade of done-deed-and-now-live-with-it, said usually of what should not have been done.
Table
| by itself | self example | made another act | other example |
|---|---|---|---|
| گرنا — girna — to fall | چابی گر گئی | گرا دینا — gira dena — to drop | چابی گرا دی |
| کھلنا — khulna — to open | دروازہ کھل گیا | کھولنا — kholna — to open tr | دروازہ کھول دو |
| نکلنا — nikalna — to exit | بس سے نکلا | نکالنا — nikaalna — to take out | چابی نکالو |
| جلنا — jalna — to burn | بتی جل گئی | جلانا — jalana — to light | بتی جلا دو |
| سکھنا — sookhna — to dry | کپڑے سکھ گئے | سکھانا — sukhaana — to dry tr | کپڑے سکھا دو |
By example
- میں نے چابی گرا دیmain ne chabi gira diI dropped the key
- ماں نے کپڑے سکھا دیےman ne kapre suhha dieMother dried the laundry
- وہ شیشہ توڑ بیٹھاwo shisha tor baithaHe went and broke the glass
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
How to say drop in urdu?
The make-do form makes another person the doer: girna — to fall; gira dena — to drop (make fall). The mother dried the laundry — kapre sookha diye. She did not dry of herself; she made the laundry dry.
Gira dena vs girna urdu difference?
Some verbs carry the make-do pair inside: nikaalna — to take out (make out), utaarna — to take down. The pair girna / gira dena differs by one letter and one doer; the ear hears it, and so does the furniture.
How the causative is formed in urdu?
Tor baithna is a step further: woh sheesha tor baitha — he went and broke the glass. The helper baithna adds the shade of done-deed-and-now-live-with-it, said usually of what should not have been done.
Nikaalna vs utaarna urdu difference?
Some verbs carry the make-do pair inside: nikaalna — to take out (make out), utaarna — to take down. The pair girna / gira dena differs by one letter and one doer; the ear hears it, and so does the furniture.
What does it look like in a Urdu example sentence?
“میں نے چابی گرا دی” (main ne chabi gira di) — I dropped the key. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.