When to use it
Use it when someone at the door asks for neighbours who have moved away.
The sentence in English — “They don't live here anymore.”
In “They don't live here anymore.” the negative needs ‘do’ plus ‘not’, and ‘anymore’ closes the sentence.
- They
- pronounpersonal pronoun, third person plural
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the negative with "n't"
- n't
- particleshort form of "not"
- live
- verblive · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "do" the verb keeps its base form
- here
- adverbadverb of place
- anymore
- adverbadverb; used with a negative to say something stopped
The sentence in Marathi — “ते आता इथे राहत नाहीत.”
In “ते आता इथे राहत नाहीत.” ‘आता’ (now) and the final negative ‘नाहीत’ (are not) together give ‘any more’. ‘नाहीत’ is plural because the subject ‘ते’ (they) is plural.
- ते
- pronoun'they' (third person plural)
- आता
- adverb'now'; with a negative it means 'any more'
- इथे
- adverb'here'
- राहत
- verbrāhṇe · form: participle (-t) · 'living'; negated with nāhīt
- नाहीत
- auxiliary verbnasṇe · tense: present · number: plural · 'are not', plural, agreeing with te
English × Marathi — What changes from one language to the other
English negates before the verb; Marathi at the end, and the negative agrees in number.
Example conversation
— ते आता इथे राहत नाहीत.
— They don't live here anymore.
— ते कुठे गेले माहीत आहे का?
— Do you know where they went?