What are common mistakes with अनुभवकर्ता रचनाएँ?

Making the person the subject, and using the deliberate member where the involuntary one is meant. 🇷🇺 Russian speakers: the dative pattern and even the voluntary/involuntary split transfer directly; the residual error is agreement, since the Russian verb in mne ponravilos does not inflect for the gender of the thing the way Hindi does.

अनुभवकर्ता रचनाएँ

B1 — वाक्य रचना

याद आना, समझ में आना, पसंद आना — जहाँ व्यक्ति कर्ता नहीं

I can use the experiencer pattern for remembering, understanding and liking

Examples

— I really liked this song.
— I can't recall his name.
— I didn't understand.

वाक्य रचनाB1

Experiencer Constructions

The family of verbs where the person is not the subject

Learning Goal

I can use the experiencer pattern for remembering, understanding and liking

Exam Skills:बोलनालिखना

Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?

I really liked this song.

I can't recall his name.

I didn't understand.

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

The pattern

A large family of Hindi verbs puts the person in the को form and makes the experience the subject:

मुझे याद आया	I remembered (it came to me)
मुझे समझ में आया	I understood
मुझे पसंद आया	I liked it
मुझे मालूम है	I know
मुझे लगता है	I think
मुझे गुस्सा आया	I got angry

The verb agrees with the thing, never with the person: मुझे यह फ़िल्म पसंद आई - aai, feminine, agreeing with the film.

याद आना against याद करना

मुझे याद आया। - It came back to me. (involuntary)
मैंने याद किया। - I called it to mind. (deliberate)

The first has no agent at all; the second has one and takes ने.

Apply this grammar in B1 course exercises

Practice Exercises

Making the person the subject, and using the deliberate member where the involuntary one is meant.

Common Error Patterns

Person made the subject of an experiencer verb

mujhe pasand aaya, never main pasand aaya.

Verb not agreeing with the thing experienced

The verb follows the thing, not you: pasand aai for a feminine noun.

I really liked this song.

aaya agrees with gana, which is masculine.

I can't recall his name.

yaad aana is involuntary, like the Russian ne vspominaetsya.

I didn't understand.

Literally 'it did not come into my understanding'.

Practice in course

Apply this grammar in B1 course exercises

B1 Course

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Frequently asked questions

When is अनुभवकर्ता रचनाएँ used?: A large family of Hindi verbs puts the person in the को form and makes the experience the subject:
How is अनुभवकर्ता रचनाएँ formed?: The verb agrees with the thing, never with the person: मुझे यह फ़िल्म पसंद आई - aai, feminine, agreeing with the film. The first has no agent at all; the second has one and takes ने.
What are common mistakes with अनुभवकर्ता रचनाएँ?: Making the person the subject, and using the deliberate member where the involuntary one is meant. 🇷🇺 Russian speakers: the dative pattern and even the voluntary/involuntary split transfer directly; the residual error is agreement, since the Russian verb in mne ponravilos does not inflect for the gender of the thing the way Hindi does.

Sources

Hindi (London Oriental and African Language Library 12) — John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2006
Yamuna Kachru's reference grammar; the descriptive account relied on for aspect, valency and clause structure.
हिन्दी व्याकरण — काशी नागरी प्रचारिणी सभा, 1920
Kamta Prasad Guru's grammar, the standard prescriptive reference for Hindi morphology and syntax.