Welcome to the very first class on ” Introduction to Marathi verbs”. Let’s learn Marathi verbs in present tense first.
Verbs show action. They show what main actor of your sentence is doing or what is happening around him.
” Ajay eats snakes”.
The main actor (noun) of this sentence is doing the action of “eating”.
The root verb here is ” To eat”. The root form is called infinitive form.
In English the infinitive of a verb is always ‘to ___’, i.e to read, to speak, to walk etc. No matter which tense you are talking in,the infinitive form remains same. It is the main identity of the verb.This form takes a different suffix in different tenses. Like in present tense ,to eat is used as “eat” , in past tense it becomes “ate” and in continuous tense it becomes “eat-ing”. Marathi is no different.The infinitive form of verb ends with “णे”. For example : उठ-णे (to wake ) , खा-णे(to eat) etc. Very similar to Hindi उठ-ना or खा-ना.
This infinitive form of the verb will take different suffixes in different tenses. In present tense, you say ” मी उठ-तो ( I wake up) or “मी खा-तो” (I eat) . The use of suffix ” तो-ती-ते depends upon the gender of actor of your sentence. e.g. ” सुलभ उठ-तो ” & ” राणी उठ-ते”.
Lets study only those Marathi verbs first which can be used in your day-to-day life.
Do not try to memorize.Read the following table and concentrate on the highlighted words.
मी उठ-तो/ते.
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(mee uthto/te) | I wake up. |
मी ब्रेड खा-तो/ते आणि दुध पि-तो/ते .
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(mee bread khaato ani dudh pito/te) | I eat bread and drink milk. |
मी शाळेत जा-तो/ते.
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(mee shaalet jaato/te) | I go to the school. |
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मी घरी ये-तो/ते . |
(mee gharee yeto/te) | I come home. |
मी क्रिकेट खेळ-तो/ते.
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(mee cricket khelto/te) | I play Cricket. |
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मी होमवोर्क कर-तो/ते. |
(mee homework karto/te) | I do homework . |
मी TV बघ-तो/ते. |
(mee tv baghto/te) | I watch TV. |
मी झोप-तो/ते. |
(mee zopto/te) | I sleep |
Verbs in Marathi
| To Wake up | उठ-णे | सचिन सकाळी उठतो . | प्रिया दुपारी उठते . | सौरव रात्री उठतो. |
| To eat | खा-णे | सचिन बिस्कीट खातो . | प्रिया चपाती खाते. | सौरव रसगुल्ला खातो. |
| To drink | पि-णे | सचिन पाणी पितो . | प्रिया फ्रूटी पिते. | सौरव दुध पितो. |
| To go | जा-णे | सचिन मुंबई ला जातो. | प्रिया दिल्ली ला जाते. | सौरव पुण्याला जातो. |
| To read | वाच-णे | सचिन पुस्तक वाचतो. | प्रिया पेपर वाचते. | सौरव पुस्तक वाचतो. |
| To come | ये-णे | सचिन मुंबई ला येतो | प्रिया दिल्ली ला येते. | सौरव पुण्याला येतो. |
| To play | खेळ-णे | सचिन क्रिकेट खेळतो. | प्रिया गेम खेळते . | सौरव कबड्डी खेळतो. |
| To do | कर-णे | सचिन अभ्यास करतो. | प्रिया काम करते. | सौरव मदत करतो. |
| To see/watch | बघ-णे | सचिन आकाश बघतो. | प्रिया चंद्र बघते. | सौरव पर्वत बघतो. |
| To sleep | झोप-णे | सचिन रात्री झोपतो. | प्रिया रात्री झोपते. | सौरव दुपारी झोपतो. |
Q8 is good
I wonder where do we use ती then, please clarify
ती is Marathi equivalent of English ” She”.
for example : She eats a cake = ती केक खाते.
She goes = ती जाते.
but if you are talking about -ती as a suffix behind the root verb like तो/ते, then it is used nowhere. You might have heard root verb-ते but certainly not root verb-ती.
for example : A boy would say मी खा-तो
A girl would say मी खा-ते but not मी खा-ती
thank u for that clarification..even i was wondering with same doubt..
This lesson is very simillar to “Your introduction in Marathi…”. I’ve read both more than 5 times and discovered the fact when I’m taking a note of these lessons. 😀
Yes actually, it is. But, in your introduction in Marathi, rules for making sentences in present tense were not explained. This explains and also begins the verbs and their modifications in different tenses.
My friend who is a marathi said – mi gari la aali…
but you are saying yete…
i m confused
Mi ghari aali = ” I came home” (Past tense)
Mi Yete = ” I come ” (Present tense)
what is aamhi?and when do u use hotat?
aamhi = We
hotat = was/were
You’ll learn the rules for this in coming lessons. Keep reading.
Love the way you teach and the pictorial examples…Amazing site you are maintaining Akshay!
It is very good method of teaching and learning. Many many thanks Akshay bhai!
there are also verbs like: करून,पाहून,जाऊन,etc. They all end with -ऊन. what does it mean? ,for eg,’हा करून असतात’
It’s a new concept, soon I’ll post a lesson on it.
I know that असतो refers to a habitual action.
But, still it doesn’t clears the picture completely.Like what is a habitual action and even more there are other words similar:
असताना,असतो,असतानाच,असले,etc
can it be explained more clearly?
I think I’ll have to post a lesson on this.
Indeed |
Waiting for that too |
No it is Bah-to only
No it is Bagh-to only
Hi,
This is a wonderful site not only from learning point of view rather from creativity point of view also.
Regards,
Shashi Ranjan
How to say in english.
salman yeto.
aishvarya yete.
SALMAAN YETO = salmaan comes
Aisvarya yete = Aishwarya comes
What about gerund? finite and non finite verbs…To Wake up उठ-णे सचिन सकाळी उठतो . प्रिया दुपारी उठते . सौरव रात्री उठतो.
all are finite verbs….
सचिन\NN सकाळी\NN उठतो\VF
Can someone please tell me what is the meaning of the following
1.apan mala basu shaktata
2.apan sarvotaam ahet
3.apan betun Ananda jhale
4.mi Bangalore madhye ahe paani Mi Marathi mahita
5.aapn aadi betlo ahot ka
Thank you
The lessons are very interesting. Love going through them.