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How a sentence is built · CEFR A1 · Starting
To ask a question or say no with an ordinary verb, English borrows do. Once do is there, the main verb goes back to its plain form.
The shape
do / does / did + plain verb
Turn any sentence into a question or a negative.
In Hindi
सवाल पूछने या नहीं कहने के लिए अंग्रेज़ी do लेती है। do आते ही मुख्य क्रिया अपने सादे रूप में लौट जाती है।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
He does not goes. | He does not go. The -s has already moved onto does. It cannot be in two places. |
Easiest first. Every sentence is authored, with the Hindi it comes from.
What do you drink?
तुम क्या पीते हो?
When do you study?
तुम कब पढ़ते हो?
When do you go?
तुम कब जाते हो?
What do you buy?
तुम क्या खरीदते हो?
Who teaches you?
तुम्हें कौन पढ़ाता है?
Why do you come here?
तुम यहाँ क्यों आते हो?
How do you know him?
तुम उसे कैसे जानते हो?
What do you do on Sundays?
तुम रविवार को क्या करते हो?
Why do you drink so much water?
तुम इतना पानी क्यों पीते हो?
How do you do this work?
तुम यह काम कैसे करते हो?
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
do / does / did as the helper is a CEFR A1 structure — the starting band — and it belongs to how a sentence is built. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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