چلے جاؤ
chale jao
To say 'go away' in Urdu, use چلے جاؤ (chale jao).
The phrase is used to tell someone to depart or leave a place.
Meaning: to depart or leave a place (verb)
Which one should you use?
The standard imperative form is چلے جاؤ, while the polite form is چلے جائیں.
How does it change in a sentence?
Use the form چلے جاؤ for informal commands. To make the command polite or respectful, use the form چلے جائیں instead.
How do you pronounce it?
chale jao
Did you know?
- Urdu has a specific 'ultra-polite' register called ادب where one might use تشریف لے جائیں instead of چلے جائیں to ask someone to leave, literally meaning 'take your nobility with you'.
- To tell someone to 'go away' in a dismissive or rude way, speakers often accompany the phrase with a flick of the wrist, moving the hand outward as if pushing an invisible object.
- Urdu speakers select different verbs for 'going' depending on whether they are moving toward a destination or simply distancing themselves from a person.
Examples in context
- اب یہاں سے چلے جاؤ۔ab yahan se chale jao.Now, go away from here.
- مجھ سے دور چلے جاؤ۔mujh se door chale jao.Go away from me.
Example conversation
Aisha is busy studying and Ali is distracting her.
- عائشہ Ayeshaمیں پڑھ رہی ہوں، تم چلے جاؤ۔Main parh rahi hoon, tum chale jao.I am studying, you go away.
- علی Aliبس پانچ منٹ کے لیے رک جاؤ۔Bas paanch minute ke liye ruk jao.Just stay for five minutes.
- عائشہ Ayeshaنہیں، ابھی چلے جاؤ۔Nahi, abhi chale jao.No, go away right now.
- علی Aliٹھیک ہے، میں جا رہا ہوں۔Theek hai, main ja raha hoon.Okay, I am leaving.
