तकलीफ़ देना (takliif denaa)
verb
A compound built from तकलीफ़ (takliif, trouble/pain) plus देना (denaa, to give) -- literally 'to give trouble.' Covers causing physical pain/discomfort and, just as commonly, bothering or inconveniencing someone. See also तकलीफ़ होना (takliif honaa), the intransitive counterpart meaning 'to feel/have trouble.'
Sense
1
:
to bother, inconvenience someone
verb, transitive Takes the bothered person as a direct object, often marked with को: उसे तकलीफ़ मत दो (use takliif mat do, 'don't trouble him/her').
Synonyms: परेशान करना (pareshaan karnaa), तंग करना (tang karnaa, colloquial), दिक़्क़त देना (diqqat denaa)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the phrase behind the extremely common polite hedge तकलीफ़ के लिए माफ़ी (takliif ke lie maafii, 'sorry for the trouble') and आपको तकलीफ़ हुई (aapko takliif huii, 'you were troubled') that hosts and guests exchange in Delhi households -- it is as much a social lubricant as a literal description of bothering someone.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for परेशान करना (pareshaan karnaa) by default; तकलीफ़ देना (takliif denaa) is the softer, more polite choice, especially in requests like माफ़ करें, तकलीफ़ दे रहा हूँ (maaf karen, takliif de rahaa hoon, 'sorry to trouble you'). 2) The object of bother is a person marked with को, not से -- साबिर से तकलीफ़ देना (saabir se takliif denaa) is wrong; it should be साबिर को (saabir ko).
Sample Sentences:
माफ़ कीजिए, मैं आपको तकलीफ़ दे रहा हूँ।
Sorry, I'm troubling you.
(maaf kiijie, main aapko takliif de rahaa hoon।)
इतनी रात को फ़ोन करके मैंने आपको तकलीफ़ दी, माफ़ी चाहता हूँ।
I troubled you by calling so late at night, I apologize.
(itnii raat ko fon karke mainne aapko takliif dii, maafii chaahtaa hoon।)
प्लीज़, मुझे तकलीफ़ मत दो, मैं ख़ुद कर लूँगा।
Please, don't bother me, I'll do it myself.
(pliiz, mujhe takliif mat do, main khud kar loongaa।)
मुझे नहीं लगता कि इस छोटी सी बात के लिए उन्हें तकलीफ़ देना ठीक होगा।
I don't think it would be right to bother them for such a small matter.
(mujhe nahiin lagtaa ki is chhotii sii baat ke lie unhen takliif denaa thiik hogaa।)
अगर मुझे पता होता कि इससे आपको तकलीफ़ होगी, तो मैं नहीं आता।
If I had known this would trouble you, I wouldn't have come.
(agar mujhe pataa hotaa ki isse aapko takliif hogii, to main nahiin aataa।)
बच्चे दिन भर शोर मचाकर सबको तकलीफ़ देते हैं।
The kids bother everyone by making noise all day.
(bachche din bhar shor machaakar sabko takliif dete hain।)
तकलीफ़ के लिए माफ़ी, हमें थोड़ी देर हो गई।
Sorry for the trouble, we got a little late.
(takliif ke lie maafii, hamen thodii der ho gaii।)
आपको बहुत तकलीफ़ हुई होगी हमारी वजह से, इसके लिए शुक्रिया कि आपने बुरा नहीं माना।
You must have been troubled a lot because of us, thank you for not minding.
(aapko bahut takliif huii hogii hamaarii vajah se, iske lie shukriyaa ki aapne buraa nahiin maanaa।)
मेहमानों को कभी तकलीफ़ नहीं दी जाती, यही हमारे घर का नियम है।
Guests are never troubled, that is the rule of our house.
(mehmaanon ko kabhii takliif nahiin dii jaatii, yahii hamaare ghar kaa niyam hai।)
क्या मैं आपको एक मिनट के लिए तकलीफ़ दे सकता हूँ?
May I trouble you for a minute?
(kyaa main aapko ek minat ke lie takliif de saktaa hoon?)
बार-बार सवाल पूछकर वह अपने बॉस को तकलीफ़ दे रहा था।
He was bothering his boss by asking questions again and again.
(baar-baar savaal poochhkar vah apne bos ko takliif de rahaa thaa।)
Sense
2
:
to cause physical pain or discomfort
verb, transitive Used for a body part or condition causing pain to someone: यह जूता मुझे तकलीफ़ देता है (yah jootaa mujhe takliif detaa hai, 'this shoe hurts me').
Synonyms: दर्द देना (dard denaa), कष्ट देना (kasht denaa, more formal/literary)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Doctors and elders in Delhi often soften a diagnosis with this phrase -- कहाँ तकलीफ़ दे रहा है? (kahaan takliif de rahaa hai?, 'where is it hurting you?') -- treating the pain as something actively 'given' by a part of the body, which fits Hindi's broader habit of framing sensations as arriving from outside rather than being generated by the self.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use दर्द होना (dard honaa) and तकलीफ़ देना (takliif denaa) interchangeably, but the latter needs an agent or cause doing the hurting (the shoe, the wound, the illness), whereas दर्द होना (dard honaa) just states that pain exists, with no agent implied.
Sample Sentences:
डॉक्टर ने पूछा, "कहाँ तकलीफ़ दे रहा है?"
The doctor asked, "Where is it hurting you?"
(doktar ne poochhaa, "kahaan takliif de rahaa hai?")
मेरा घुटना कई दिनों से तकलीफ़ दे रहा है।
My knee has been hurting for several days.
(meraa ghutnaa kaii dinon se takliif de rahaa hai।)
सर्दी में उनकी पुरानी चोट तकलीफ़ देती है।
His old injury hurts him in winter.
(sardii men unkii puraanii chot takliif detii hai।)
अगर यह दवा असर नहीं करती, तो घाव और तकलीफ़ देगा।
If this medicine does not work, the wound will hurt even more.
(agar yah davaa asar nahiin kartii, to ghaav aur takliif degaa।)
कल रात पीठ ने बहुत तकलीफ़ दी थी।
My back hurt a lot last night.
(kal raat piith ne bahut takliif dii thii।)
अगर वह चोट तकलीफ़ देती, तो तुम फ़ौरन डॉक्टर के पास जाते।
If that injury were hurting you, you would go to the doctor immediately.
(agar vah chot takliif detii, to tum fauran doktar ke paas jaate।)
इस मरहम से घाव को तकलीफ़ न दे, ऐसा वादा है।
This ointment promises that the wound won't hurt.
(is maraham se ghaav ko takliif n de, aisaa vaadaa hai।)
नस दबने से हाथ में झुनझुनी तकलीफ़ देने लगी।
Because of the pinched nerve, a tingling started hurting in my hand.
(nas dabne se haath men jhunjhunii takliif dene lagii।)
मरीज़ को बताया गया कि टांके निकलवाने के बाद कुछ दिन तकलीफ़ दे सकते हैं।
The patient was told that after the stitches are removed, it might hurt for a few days.
(mariiz ko bataayaa gayaa ki taanke nikalvaane ke baad kuchh din takliif de sakte hain।)
बुख़ार उतरने के बाद भी सिर तकलीफ़ दे रहा था।
Even after the fever went down, my head was still hurting.
(bukhaar utarne ke baad bhii sir takliif de rahaa thaa।)
Morphology
Verb (irregular)
infinitive:
तकलीफ़ देना
(takliif denaa)
infinitive oblique:
तकलीफ़ देने
(takliif dene)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
तकलीफ़ देता
(takliif detaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
तकलीफ़ देते
(takliif dete)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
तकलीफ़ देती
(takliif detii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
तकलीफ़ देतीं
(takliif detiin)
continuous (sg.m):
तकलीफ़ दे रहा
(takliif de rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
तकलीफ़ दे रहे
(takliif de rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
तकलीफ़ दे रही
(takliif de rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
तकलीफ़ दे रहीं
(takliif de rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
तकलीफ़ दिया
(takliif diyaa)
perfective (pl.m):
तकलीफ़ दिए
(takliif die)
perfective (sg.f):
तकलीफ़ दी
(takliif dii)
perfective (pl.f):
तकलीफ़ दीं
(takliif diin)
imperative (informal):
तकलीफ़ दे
(takliif de)
imperative (neutral):
तकलीफ़ दो
(takliif do)
imperative (formal):
तकलीफ़ दीजिए
(takliif diijie)
future (1sg.m):
तकलीफ़ दूँगा
(takliif doongaa)
future (1sg.f):
तकलीफ़ दूँगी
(takliif doongii)
future (1pl.m):
तकलीफ़ देंगे
(takliif denge)
future (1pl.f):
तकलीफ़ देंगी
(takliif dengii)
future (2sg.m):
तकलीफ़ देगा
(takliif degaa)
future (2sg.f):
तकलीफ़ देगी
(takliif degii)
future (2pl.m):
तकलीफ़ दोगे
(takliif doge)
future (2pl.f):
तकलीफ़ दोगी
(takliif dogii)
future (3sg.m):
तकलीफ़ देगा
(takliif degaa)
future (3sg.f):
तकलीफ़ देगी
(takliif degii)
future (3pl.m):
तकलीफ़ देंगे
(takliif denge)
future (3pl.f):
तकलीफ़ देंगी
(takliif dengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
तकलीफ़ दूँ
(takliif doon)
subjunctive (1pl):
तकलीफ़ दें
(takliif den)
subjunctive (2sg):
तकलीफ़ दे
(takliif de)
subjunctive (2pl):
तकलीफ़ दो
(takliif do)
subjunctive (3sg):
तकलीफ़ दे
(takliif de)
subjunctive (3pl):
तकलीफ़ दें
(takliif den)