उसने पैसा जबरन लिया।

money

Breakdown of उसने पैसा जबरन लिया।

• लेना: to take
• वह: he
• जबरन: forcibly

Questions & Answers about उसने पैसा जबरन लिया।

Why does the sentence use उसने instead of just वह?

Because उसने is उस + ने.

• वह = he / she / that
• उस = the oblique form of वह
• ने = a marker used with many perfective transitive verbs in Hindi

Since लिया is the perfective form of लेना (to take), Hindi normally uses ने with the subject here:

• वह पैसा लेता है = He/she takes money
• उसने पैसा लिया = He/she took the money / money

So उसने means he/she in the role required by this verb form.

What exactly does ने do here?

ने marks the subject in many sentences where:

1. the verb is transitive (it has a direct object), and
2. the action is in the perfective aspect

Here:

• लेना = to take
• लिया = took / taken

So in उसने पैसा लिया, the subject gets ने.

This is a very important Hindi pattern:

• राम ने किताब पढ़ी। = Ram read the book.
• सीमा ने खाना खाया। = Seema ate the food.

A learner should notice that this often affects verb agreement too.

Does उसने mean he or she?