गीले कपड़े निचोड़िए।

clothing

Breakdown of गीले कपड़े निचोड़िए।

• गीला: wet
• निचोड़ना: to wring out

Questions & Answers about गीले कपड़े निचोड़िए।

What does निचोड़िए mean exactly in this sentence?

निचोड़िए is the polite imperative form of the verb निचोड़ना, which means to squeeze, to wring out, or to press liquid out of something.

In गीले कपड़े निचोड़िए, it means something like:

• Wring out the wet clothes.
• Squeeze the water out of the wet clothes.

For clothes, wring out is usually the most natural English translation.

Why is it गीले and not गीला?

Because गीले agrees with कपड़े.

In Hindi, adjectives often change form to match the noun’s:

• gender
• number
• sometimes case

Here:

• कपड़ा = cloth / garment / piece of clothing
• कपड़े = clothes / garments

Since कपड़े is masculine plural, the adjective also takes the masculine plural form:

• गीला कपड़ा = a wet cloth / wet garment
• गीले कपड़े = wet clothes

So गीले is used because the noun is plural.

Why is it कपड़े and not कपड़ों?

is the form. is the form, which is used before a postposition.