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Hindi

Expressing Like/Dislike

Expressing likes and dislikes in Hindi involves an indirect construction where the subject (the person who likes something) is not directly performing the action. Instead, the liking is attributed to the object. The Hindi verb 'pasand honaa' (पसंद होना) is frequently used to express likes and dislikes. 'Pasand honaa' (पसंद होना) translates literally to 'to be pleasing.' This verb is used with the Subject + ko construction, indicating that something is pleasing to someone.

Hindi English
पसंद होना To Like
(To Be Pleasing)

Grammar Structure:

When using 'Pasand honaa' (पसंद होना), the sentence structure typically follows the pattern:

Sentence Structure
Subject + Ko + thing/person (that is liked) + pasand (pleasing) + Hai/hain (Is/are)

Subject Pronouns with "को" (ko):

Pronoun Subject+ko English
मैं (main) मुझे (mujhe) To me
तुम (tum) तुम्हें (tumhe) To you
आप (aap) आपको (aapko) To you
वह (vah) उसे (use) To him/her
यह (yah) इसे (ise) To him/her
वे (ve) उन्हें (unhein) To them

Let us take a simple example:

Sentence English Translation
मुझको आईसक्रीम पसंद है! I like ice-cream.

Breakdown of Components

Component Hindi Transliteration
Object Pronoun मुझको (To me) For "I"
Object आईसक्रीम (Icecream) The thing that is liked
Pleasing पसंद (Pleasing) Indicates the pleasing nature of the object
To be verb है (is) Agrees with the object being liked

So, the sentence literally means "Ice-cream is pleasing to me," or more specifically, "To me, ice-cream is pleasing."

Subject

मुझे
(To me)

Object

आईसक्रीम
(Icecream)

Pleasing

पसंद
(Pleasing)

Verb

है
(Is)

Male

Subject Place Pronoun Postposition Verb
मुझे
(To me)
भारत
(India)
पसंद
(pleasing)
है
(is)
English: I like India
मुझे
(To me)
छोटे बाल
(short hair)
पसंद
(pleasing)
हैं
(are)
English: I like short hair
आपको
(To you)
सेब
(apple)
पसंद
(pleasing)
है
(is)
English: You like apple
उसको
(To him/her)
हिंदुस्तानी खाना
(Indian food)
पसंद
(pleasing)
है
(is)
English: He/She likes Indian food
उसको
(To him/her)
मेकअप
(makeup)
पसंद
(pleasing)
है
(is)
English: He/She likes makeup
ऋषि को
(To Rishi)
क्रिकेट
(cricket)
पसंद
(pleasing)
है
(is)
English: Rishi likes cricket