You met ने (ne) in Episode 190: it appears after the doer in the past. But real questions keep coming. Does it go with every verb? In this episode: • What ne marks • The exact rule: two boxes • Ne with every pronoun • Who the verb agrees with • Verbs that never take ne, and two that may • Ne in compound verbs • A family scene • Common mistakes • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key Hindi from this episode: मम्मी ने दाल बनाई (Mummy ne daal banaayi) = Mummy made the dal. रोहन ने बर्तन धोए (Rohan ne bartan dhoye) = Rohan washed the dishes. मैंने खाया (maine khaaya) = I ate. उसने देखा (usne dekha) = he saw, or she saw. हमने किया (hamne kiya) = we did it. पापा ने चाय पी थी (Papa ne chai pi thi) = Papa had drunk tea. मैं रोटी खाता हूँ (main roti khaata hoon) = I eat roti. मैं रोटी खाऊँगा (main roti khaaunga) = I will eat roti. मैं रोटी खा रहा था (main roti kha raha tha) = I was eating roti. मैंने (maine) = I. तुमने (tumne) = you, familiar. आपने (aapne) = you, polite. उसने (usne) = he or she, that person. इसने (isne) = he or she, this person here. हमने (hamne) = we. उन्होंने (unhonne) = they, or he or she with respect. इन्होंने (inhonne) = these people, or this person with respect. किसने (kisne) = who, as the doer. किसने किया? (Kisne kiya?) = Who did it? Every home with children uses this daily. इसने मेरा पेन लिया (isne mera pen liya) = This one took my pen. दादी, आपने खाना खाया? (Dadi, aapne khaana khaaya?) = Grandma, have you eaten? मैंने रोटी खाई (maine roti khaayi) = I ate a roti. Roti is feminine. मैंने केला खाया (maine kela khaaya) = I ate a banana. Kela is masculine. मैंने दो केले खाए (maine do kele khaaye) = I ate two bananas. Season 3 · Spoken Hindi at Home: the complete self-study course for English speakers. Every Hindi item is given in Devanagari, Hinglish and English. Take the 52-question quiz after listening. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.