When the doer is unnamed: the passive on -a jaata hai
The language of papers and notices does without who acts: "the application is submitted", "the work is done". Here such a phrase is built by the passive: onto the verb’s stem glues jaata hai — "goes being done". Kaam kiya jaata hai — the work is done. For example: “یہ کام یہاں کیا جاتا ہے” — This work is done here. A rule from the Urdu course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The language of papers and notices does without who acts: "the application is submitted", "the work is done". Here such a phrase is built by the passive: onto the verb’s stem glues jaata hai — "goes being done". Kaam kiya jaata hai — the work is done.
The form agrees with the thing: about feminine words one says jaati hai, in the plural jaate hain. And if the deed has already happened, gaya arrives: kaam mukammal ho gaya — the work has been completed.
Who acts is not named at all — and is not needed: on the sign mana kiya jaata hai. It is forbidden — and no name of the forbider is looked for there. In talk the same sense is said through "they": cancel kar diya — "it was cancelled", with no subject.
Table
| sense | form | example |
|---|---|---|
| is done in general | کیا جاتا ہے | kaam kiya jaata hai |
| about the feminine | لی جاتی ہے | visa li jaati hai |
| the plural | لیے جاتے ہیں | kaaghaz liye jaate hain |
| already done | ہو گیا | kaam mukammal ho gaya |
| feminine, done | ہو گئی | darkhwast reject ho gayi |
| a ban without a doer | منع ہے | yahaan tasveer mana hai |
| the conversational "they" | کینسل کر دیا | flight cancel kar diya |
By example
- یہ کام یہاں کیا جاتا ہےye kam yahan kiya dzhata haiThis work is done here
- درخواست قبول کر لی گئیdarkhwost qubul kar li gaiThe application was accepted
- کام مکمل ہو گیاkam mukammal ho gayaThe work has been completed
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 done in urdu?
The language of papers and notices does without who acts: "the application is submitted", "the work is done". Here such a phrase is built by the passive: onto the verb’s stem glues jaata hai — "goes being done". Kaam kiya jaata hai — the work is done.
Urdu passive voice?
The language of papers and notices does without who acts: "the application is submitted", "the work is done". Here such a phrase is built by the passive: onto the verb’s stem glues jaata hai — "goes being done". Kaam kiya jaata hai — the work is done.
When the doer is not named urdu?
Who acts is not named at all — and is not needed: on the sign mana kiya jaata hai. It is forbidden — and no name of the forbider is looked for there. In talk the same sense is said through "they": cancel kar diya — "it was cancelled", with no subject.
Jaata hai meaning at end of sentence?
Who acts is not named at all — and is not needed: on the sign mana kiya jaata hai. It is forbidden — and no name of the forbider is looked for there. In talk the same sense is said through "they": cancel kar diya — "it was cancelled", with no subject.
What does it look like in a Urdu example sentence?
“یہ کام یہاں کیا جاتا ہے” (ye kam yahan kiya dzhata hai) — This work is done here. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.