Ne or No Ne
In the past tense, does the subject take 'ne'?
💡Read the verb, not the subject. Ask 'did this action land on an object?' Yes means ne, no means no ne. Then watch for the three liars: bola, laaya, bhoola look transitive but never take ne.
NE
•Transitive perfective past takes ne: maine khaaya, usne padha, Ram ne chai pi.
•If the action lands on an object (ate what, read what), it is transitive: khaana, peena, padhna, likhna, dekhna, sunna.
•Compound verbs inherit the main verb's transitivity: maine kar liya, usne de diya.
•The verb then agrees with the OBJECT's gender, not the subject: maine roti khaayi, maine paani piya.
NO NE
•Intransitive verbs never take ne: woh gaya, main soya, bachcha roya, woh baitha.
•If there is no object (go, come, sleep, sit, cry, fall, run), the verb is intransitive.
•Three transitive-looking liars also take NO ne: bolna (woh bola), laana (main laaya), bhoolna (main bhool gaya).
•Here the verb agrees with the SUBJECT as normal: woh aayi, main soyi.
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