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  2.6 To Want To  

This is the formula for "to want to V" (where V is any verb):

Auxiliary Verb چاہنا

(conjugated) 		Verb

(Infinitive Form) 		Object Subject

Remember that in Lesson 1 we learned that the verbal phrase always comes at the end of the sentence, and that nothing should come after the conjugated verb. Thus the infinitive verb in this construction must come before the conjugated verb.

Example (with both present imperfect and present progressive tenses):

 

Auxiliary
verb

چاہنا(conjugated)

Verb
(infinitive form)

object/modifiers
(if any)

Subject

[am].

Want

to buy

this necklace

I

ہوں

چاہتی

خریدنا

یہ ہار

میں

am.

Wanting

to buy

this necklace

I

ہوں۔

چاہ رہی

خریدنا

یہ ہار

میں

  Additional Examples

What do you (f) want to buy?

آپ کیا خریدنا چاہتی ہیں؟

I want to go to the Qutub Minar.

میں قطب مینار جانا چاہتا ہوں۔

I want to eat.

میں کھانا چاہتا ہوں۔