Questions & Answers about यह गोली खाली पेट मत लेना।
What does each part of यह गोली खाली पेट मत लेना mean?
A word-by-word breakdown:
- यह = this
- गोली = pill / tablet
- खाली पेट = on an empty stomach
- मत = don’t
- लेना = to take
So the sentence is an instruction telling someone not to take this pill on an empty stomach.
Why is it यह गोली and not इस गोली?
यह is the basic form meaning this.
Hindi changes यह to इस when it is in the oblique form, usually before a postposition such as को, से, में, etc.
So:
- यह गोली = this pill
- इस गोली को = this pill
- object marker
- इस गोली से = with this pill / from this pill
In your sentence, there is no postposition directly attached to यह, so यह गोली is the normal form.
Why does written Hindi use यह, but I often hear ये in speech?
In standard written Hindi: