Lay & LIE (Explained in Hindi & English)
Maha Gupta 2020-09-15Verb ‘lay’ और ‘lie’ के प्रयोग में अंतर (Explained in Hindi)
ये दोनों ही verb एक ही अर्थ में use होती हैं; परन्तु इन दोनों के प्रयोग में अंतर होता है. Verb ‘lie’ एक अकर्मक (intransitive) verb है; अर्थात ये अपने साथ कोई object नहीं लेती. Verb ‘lay’ एक सकर्मक (transitive) verb होती है; और इसलिए वाक्य में इसका कोई न कोई object होना आवश्यक होता है.
इन दोनों verbs की three forms ये होती हैं:
I | II | III |
Lay | Laid | Laid |
Lie | Lay | Lain |
1. LAY
Verb LAY एक सकर्मक (transitive) verb होती है; और इसलिए वाक्य में इसका कोई न कोई object होना आवश्यक होता है; जैसे
a) Lay the child on the bed. [इस वाक्य में verb ‘lay’ का object (child) दिया हुआ है; अर्थात ये verb ‘lay’ की 1st form है.]
b) I laid the book on the table. [इस वाक्य में verb ‘lay’ का object (book) दिया हुआ है; अर्थात ये verb ‘lay’ की 2nd form है.]
c) The hen has laid an egg. [इस वाक्य में verb ‘lay’ का object (egg) दिया हुआ है; अर्थात ये verb ‘lay’ की 3rd form है.]
2. LIE
Verb ‘lie’ एक अकर्मक (intransitive) verb है; अर्थात ये अपने साथ कोई object नहीं लेती; जैसे
a) The boy lay on the sofa and slept. [इस वाक्य में verb ‘lay’ का कोई object नहीं दिया हुआ है; अतः ये verb ‘lie’ की 2nd form है.]
b) Let me lie here. [इस वाक्य में verb ‘lie’ का कोई object नहीं दिया हुआ है; अतः ये verb ‘lie’ की 1st form है.]
c) How long had he lain there? [इस वाक्य में verb ‘lain’ का कोई object नहीं दिया हुआ है; अतः ये verb ‘lie’ की 3rd form है.]
d) I love to lie on a beach and read.
e) She lay on the bed and gazed at the ceiling, daydreaming.
f) The dog was lying by the gate waiting for me to come home.
NOTE: Verb LIE का अर्थ झूठ ‘बोलना’ भी होता है. इस अर्थ में verb ‘lie’ की three forms ये होती हैं:
I | II | III |
Lie | Lied | Lied |
उदाहरण:
I lied to my teacher about my homework. (= अपने homework के बारे में मैंने अपने अध्यापक से झूठ बोला.)
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The verb LAY means to put something down carefully in a flat position. LIE means to be in or put yourself into a flat position. By going through the meanings of both of these verbs we can say that they are used in the same context. But there is a difference between the usage of both. Forms of these verbs are also different.
Three Forms of these verbs:
I | II | III |
Lay | Laid | Laid |
Lie | Lay | Lain |
1. LAY
Verb LAY is a transitive verb, means it must have an object; e.g.
a) Lay the child on the bed. (The verb has an object, so it’s 1st form of ‘lay’.)
b) I laid the book on the table. (The verb ‘laid’ has an object, so it’s 2nd form of ‘lay’.)
c) The hen has laid an egg. (The verb ‘laid’ has an object here, so it’s 3rd form of ‘lay’.
2. LIE
The verb LIE is an intransitive verb, means it doesn’t take an object; e.g.
a) The boy lay on the sofa and slept. (You see that there is no object of the verb ‘lay’ in the sentence, so it’s 2nd form of ‘lie’ here.)
b) Let me lie here. (There is no object of the verb ‘lie’ in the sentence, so it’s the 1st form of ‘lie’.)
c) How long had he lain there? (There is no object of the verb ‘lain’ in the sentence, so it’s the 3rd form of ‘lie’ here.)
d) I love to lie on a beach and read.
e) She lay on the bed and gazed at the ceiling, daydreaming.
f) The dog was lying by the gate waiting for me to come home.
NOTE: The verb LIE can also mean ‘say something which is not true’. With this meaning its three forms are:
I | II | III |
Lie | Lied | Lied |
Example:
I lied to my teacher about my homework.
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