मुझे फोन करना बंद करो
mujhe phone karna band karo
The English phrase "stop calling me" is translated into Hindi as मुझे फोन करना बंद करो (mujhe phone karna band karo).
This phrase is used as a request or a command to tell someone to cease making telephone calls to you. While it is a direct way to express this desire, it differs from the direct prohibition मुझे फोन मत करो (don't call me) in that मुझे फोन करना बंद करो implies that the person has already been calling you and you want that ongoing action to cease.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of mujhe (me), phone karna (to call or to make a phone call) and band karo (stop or cease).
Which one should you use?
While mujhe phone karna band karo focuses on stopping an ongoing action, the phrase मुझे फोन मत करो is a direct prohibition meaning "don't call me".
How does it change in a sentence?
You can adjust the tone of the command by changing the verb at the end. Replacing the imperative karo with kijiye makes the command a polite request: मुझे फोन करना बंद कीजिए. Conversely, using kar do instead of karo in the phrase मुझे फोन करना बंद कर दो makes it sound more colloquial or slightly more forceful and casual depending on the context.
How do you pronounce it?
mujhe phone karna band karo
Did you know?
- While मुझे फोन करना बंद करो is the standard translation, in highly emotional or angry arguments, Indians may switch from Hindi to English for this specific phrase to sound more assertive or clinical.
- The verb करना (to do) descends from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷer- + *-néwti. This makes it a distant linguistic relative of the English word 'create'.
- The word बंद (band) is used in Hindi for everything from closing a door to shutting down a business or stopping a machine, reflecting a broad concept of 'closure'.
Examples in context
- कृपया मुझे कॉल न करें।Please don't call me.
- मुझे फोन करना बंद करो, मुझे परेशान मत करो।mujhe phone karna band karo, mujhe pareshaan mat karo.Stop calling me, don't disturb me.
- अब मुझे फोन करना बंद करो।ab mujhe phone karna band karo.Stop calling me now.
- प्लीज, मुझे फोन करना बंद करो।please, mujhe phone karna band karo.Please, stop calling me.
Example conversation
Neha is angry because Vikas keeps calling her repeatedly.
- नेहा Nehaविकास, मुझे फोन करना बंद करो!vikas, mujhe phone karna band karo!Vikas, stop calling me!
- विकास Vikasलेकिन नेहा, मैं बस बात करना चाहता था।lekin neha, main bas baat karna chahta tha.But Neha, I just wanted to talk.
- नेहा Nehaनहीं, मुझे फोन करना बंद करो।nahi, mujhe phone karna band karo.No, stop calling me.
- विकास Vikasठीक है, मैं अब फोन नहीं करूँगा।theek hai, main ab phone nahi karoonga.Okay, I won't call anymore.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries करना, बंद, CC BY-SA 4.0.
