मैं दोस्त को बुलाऊँगी।

I will invite a friend.

Breakdown of मैं दोस्त को बुलाऊँगी।

• मैं: I
• दोस्त: friend
• बुलाना: to invite; call over

Questions & Answers about मैं दोस्त को बुलाऊँगी।

What does each word in मैं दोस्त को बुलाऊँगी do?

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• मैं = I
• दोस्त = friend
• को = a postposition marking the person affected by the action; here it marks friend as the one being called
• बुलाऊँगी = will call / will invite said by a female speaker

So the structure is basically:

I + friend + ko + will-call

Why is को used after दोस्त?

को is a very common Hindi postposition. In this sentence, it marks दोस्त as the person receiving the action.

With verbs like बुलाना (to call / invite / summon), the person being called is commonly marked with को:

• मैं दोस्त को बुलाऊँगी।
• वह मुझे बुलाएगा। = He will call me.

English does not have a direct equivalent word here, so learners often find this tricky. You can think of को as helping show who is being called.

Why is the verb बुलाऊँगी so long? How is it formed?

बुलाऊँगी comes from the verb बुलाना (to call / invite).

A simple way to understand it:

• verb root/stem: