“They don't live here anymore.” in Punjabi

When to use it

Use it when someone asks for former neighbours who have moved away.

The sentence in English (“They don't live here anymore.”)

In “They don't live here anymore.” the negation needs ‘do’ plus ‘not’, and ‘anymore’ goes last.

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 Punjabi (“ਉਹ ਹੁਣ ਇੱਥੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ।”)

In “ਉਹ ਹੁਣ ਇੱਥੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ।” ‘ਹੁਣ … ਨਹੀਂ’ (now … not) gives the sense of ‘anymore’. After ‘ਨਹੀਂ’ (not) the final ‘ਹਨ’ (are) is usually dropped.

ਉਹ

pronoun'they'; plural here, as ਰਹਿੰਦੇ shows

ਹੁਣ

adverb'now'; with ਨਹੀਂ: no longer

ਇੱਥੇ

adverb'here'

ਨਹੀਂ

particlenegation, before the verb

ਰਹਿੰਦੇ

verbਰਹਿਣਾ · tense: present habitual · number: plural · 'live'; ਹਨ is usually dropped after ਨਹੀਂ

What changes from one language to the other (English × Punjabi)

English needs ‘do’ to negate; Punjabi only ‘ਨਹੀਂ’, with ‘ਹੁਣ’ near the front.

Example conversation