मांसपेशी को धीरे स्ट्रेच कीजिए।

slowly

Breakdown of मांसपेशी को धीरे स्ट्रेच कीजिए।

• मांसपेशी: muscle
• स्ट्रेच करना: to stretch

Questions & Answers about मांसपेशी को धीरे स्ट्रेच कीजिए।

What does each word in मांसपेशी को धीरे स्ट्रेच कीजिए do?

A word-by-word breakdown:

• मांसपेशी = muscle
• को = an object marker, roughly marking the muscle as the thing being acted on
• धीरे = slowly
• स्ट्रेच = stretch (borrowed from English)
• कीजिए = polite imperative of करना (to do), so here it helps form a polite instruction: please stretch

So the whole sentence means something like:

• Please stretch the muscle slowly.
• or Stretch the muscle slowly. in a polite/instructional tone

Why is there को after मांसपेशी?

In Hindi, को often marks the object of a verb, especially when that object is specific or definite.

Here, मांसपेशी को means the speaker is referring to a particular muscle that should be stretched.

So:

• मांसपेशी को = the muscle / that muscle as the target of the action

In English, we do not need a special object marker, but Hindi often does.

Why is मांसपेशी singular? Could it also be plural?