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Learn Hardcore Hindi: वह काम करके थक गई। - She got tired from working.

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/वह काम करके थक गई।

वह काम करके थक गई।

Word

वह काम करके थक गई।

Meaning

She got tired from working.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

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Lesson

Looking at a flat with a friend

Breakdown of वह काम करके थक गई।

Questions & Answers about वह काम करके थक गई।

What does वह mean here? Is it he, she, or that?

वह can mean he, she, or that, depending on context.

In this sentence, if the meaning shown to the learner is She got tired after doing the work, then वह is being understood as she.

Hindi usually does not mark natural gender in the pronoun itself the way English does. You often figure it out from:

context
the situation
verb agreement

Here, गई shows feminine singular, so that helps tell you the subject is female.

Why is there no ने after वह?

Good question. Learners often expect ने in past sentences, but it does not appear in every past sentence.

Here the main idea is थक गई = got tired / became tired, and थकना / थक जाना is not a normal transitive action done to an object. It describes a change of state in the subject.

Because of that, Hindi does not use ने here:

वह थक गई = She got tired

Even though काम करके contains the action doing work, the main clause is still about becoming tired, so ने is not needed.

What does करके mean here?

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करके is a very common Hindi form meaning something like:

having done
after doing
sometimes by doing

It comes from the verb करना (to do).

So:

काम करके = having done the work / after doing work

In this sentence, it links the first action to the result:

first: doing the work
then: getting tired

So the whole sentence means something like:

She got tired after doing the work
Having done the work, she became tired

Does करके mean after doing or by doing?

It can mean either, depending on context.

In this sentence, the most natural meaning is:

after doing the work or
from doing the work

So it suggests that doing the work led to tiredness.

Hindi करके often connects actions in a flexible way, so English translation depends on what sounds best:

काम करके थक गई = She got tired after doing the work
also possible in sense: She got tired by doing the work

What exactly is थक गई? Why are there two words?

थक गई is a very common Hindi verb expression meaning became tired / got tired.

It is built from:

थक = from थकना (to get tired)
गई = feminine singular form of जाना (to go), used here as a helping verb in a compound verb

This kind of structure is very common in Hindi:

बैठ गया = sat down
सो गया = fell asleep
थक गया / थक गई = got tired

So थक गई does not literally mean tired went in normal English. As a whole, it means:

got tired
became exhausted

Why is it गई and not गया?

Because the subject is feminine singular.

Hindi past/perfective-style forms often agree with gender and number. Here:

गया = masculine singular
गई = feminine singular
गए = masculine plural or mixed plural
गईं = feminine plural

So:

वह काम करके थक गई। = She got tired after doing the work.
वह काम करके थक गया। = He got tired after doing the work.

If the subject were masculine or plural, how would the sentence change?

Here are the common changes:

वह काम करके थक गया। = He got tired after doing the work.
वे काम करके थक गए। = They got tired after doing the work.
(masculine or mixed group)
वे काम करके थक गईं। = They got tired after doing the work.
(all female)

The part काम करके stays the same. The part that changes is थक गया / गई / गए / गईं.

Is काम here work in general, or does it mean a specific task?

It can mean either, depending on context.

काम is a very common word meaning:

work
job
task
something to be done

So काम करके could mean:

after doing the work
after finishing the task
after working

If the context is a specific piece of work, English often uses the work or the task.
If the context is general effort, after working may sound more natural.

Does this sentence imply that the work was finished?

Not necessarily, but it often suggests that some work was done before the tiredness happened.

काम करके mainly tells you:

she did work
then she got tired

Sometimes English translators choose after doing the work, which may sound like the work was completed. But Hindi itself does not always focus on full completion here. It can simply mean:

She got tired from working or
After doing some work, she got tired

So completion may be implied by context, not by the form alone.

Is this sentence in the past tense?

Yes. It describes a completed event in the past:

she did work
she became tired

A natural English translation is:

She got tired after doing the work
She became tired from working

The feeling is not just she was tired, but rather she ended up tired / got tired.

Can the word order change?

Yes. Hindi word order is flexible, though some orders are more natural than others.

The given sentence:

वह काम करके थक गई।

You could also say:

काम करके वह थक गई।

Both are natural. The difference is mostly emphasis:

starting with वह puts the subject first
starting with काम करके emphasizes the prior action

Hindi often places the main verb at the end, so थक गई stays at the end in both versions.

Is करके the same as writing कर के separately?

Yes, in everyday Hindi they are usually treated as the same in meaning.

You may see:

करके
कर के

Both mean the same thing here:

having done
after doing

Writing them together is very common. Writing them separately is also common and acceptable.

How would I say this more literally?

A fairly literal breakdown is:

वह = she/he
काम = work
करके = having done / after doing
थक गई = got tired

So a literal gloss would be:

She, having done work, got tired.

Natural English would usually be:

She got tired after doing the work.
She got tired from working.

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