Hindi/Urdu: baiThnaa vs. baiTh jaana or baiTh lenaa  Discussion
in 'Indo-Iranian Languages' started by eskandar, Oct 4, 2013.
1. eskandar      eskandar Moderator      English (US)     What
are the semantic differences between these three verbs? My
feeling is that while baiThnaa is the basic verb, baiTh jaana
conveys motion ("to go sit") and baiTh lenaa would be equivalent
to the English "to take a seat". Have I understood correctly?
It also seems to me that, for example, baiTh jaa'o would be a
more direct (maybe even more forceful?) command ("go sit down!")
compared to baiTh lo ("take a seat"). Is that right?
Finally, I would appreciate recommendations for a good
(preferably somewhat comprehensive) source for these types of
compound verbs in Hindi/Urdu. Dictionaries typically offer only
the simple verb form, so aside from listening to contextual use
it's hard to know when to say X karo vs. X kar lo or what have
you, and I fear that my over-reliance on simple (non-compund)
verbs makes my speech so