आग के पास मत बैठो।

to sit

Breakdown of आग के पास मत बैठो।

• के पास: near
• मत: do not (negative imperative)
• आग: fire

Questions & Answers about आग के पास मत बैठो।

What does आग के पास mean literally?

Literally, आग means fire, and के पास means near / close to.

So आग के पास = near the fire or by the fire.

A word-for-word breakdown is:

• आग = fire
• के = part of the postposition phrase
• पास = near, nearby

Hindi often uses a noun + postposition structure where English would use a preposition. So instead of saying near fire, Hindi says something like fire near.

Why is it के पास and not just पास?

Because पास normally works with the postposition के when it means near or in the possession of.

So you usually say:

• घर के पास = near the house
• स्कूल के पास = near the school
• आग के पास = near the fire

You generally do not say आग पास for this meaning.

Why is it के and not का, की, or को?

Here, के is not showing possession in the usual of sense. It is part of the postpositional phrase के पास.

In Hindi, many postpositions require the noun before them to take the form. With , the form does not visibly change, but the postposition used here is .