कपड़े उधर टाँगिए।

Hang the clothes over there.

Breakdown of कपड़े उधर टाँगिए।

• कपड़ा: clothing
• टाँगना: to hang
• उधर: over there

Questions & Answers about कपड़े उधर टाँगिए।

What does each word in कपड़े उधर टाँगिए। mean?

• कपड़े = clothes
• उधर = over there / that way
• टाँगिए = hang (please) or please hang

So the structure is basically:

clothes + there + hang

Hindi often puts the object first and the verb at the end.

Why is it कपड़े and not कपड़ा?

कपड़ा means a cloth or sometimes a piece of clothing in the singular.

कपड़े is the common plural form and usually means clothes as a group.

So:

• कपड़ा = cloth / one garment
• कपड़े = clothes

In this sentence, the speaker is talking about multiple clothes, so कपड़े is the natural choice.

What is the basic verb here?

The basic verb is टाँगना, which means to hang something up.

Examples:

• मैं कपड़े टाँगता हूँ। = I hang clothes.
• कपड़े टाँगिए। = Please hang the clothes.

So टाँगिए is an imperative form of टाँगना.