परोसना (parosnaa)
verb
A single-sense verb: to serve food (onto a plate or to a person). Extends easily to a figurative sense of 'serving up' something (like news or information) in a packaged way.
Sense
1
:
to serve food
verb, transitive Takes the food as direct object and the person served marked with को (ko): खाना परोसना (khaanaa parosnaa, 'to serve the food'), मुझे खाना परोसा (mujhe khaanaa parosaa, 'served me the food').
Synonyms: देना (denaa, plain 'give/serve'), बाँटना (baantnaa, to distribute/serve out to several people)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the word for the hostly act of dishing out food onto someone's plate -- at an Indian meal, especially at home or at a wedding, it's common and polite for the host or an elder to insist on परोसना (parosnaa) again and again, refilling your plate whether you asked or not. Saying 'बस, बस, मत परोसो' (bas, bas, mat paroso, 'enough, enough, don't serve more') is a very familiar dinner-table phrase.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use देना (denaa) for every 'give' context, but परोसना (parosnaa) is specifically about plating/serving food at a meal, not handing over objects in general -- कोई चीज़ देना (koii chiiz denaa) is fine for objects, but food at the table calls for परोसना (parosnaa). 2) The person receiving the food takes को (ko), not से (se) or पर (par): मेहमानों को खाना परोसा (mehmaanon ko khaanaa parosaa, 'served the food to the guests'), not मेहमानों पर (mehmaanon par).
Sample Sentences:
माँ थाली में सबसे पहले रोटी परोसती है।
Mom serves roti in the plate first.
(maan thaalii men sabse pahle rotii parostii hai।)
बस, बस, मत परोसो, अब और नहीं खाया जाएगा।
Enough, enough, don't serve more, I can't eat any more now.
(bas, bas, mat paroso, ab aur nahiin khaayaa jaaegaa।)
शादी में चाचाजी खुद खड़े होकर मेहमानों को खीर परोस रहे थे।
At the wedding, uncle was standing there himself, serving kheer to the guests.
(shaadii men chaachaajii khud khade hokar mehmaanon ko khiir paros rahe the।)
क्या तुम मेहमानों को सब्ज़ी परोस दोगी?
Will you serve the vegetables to the guests?
(kyaa tum mehmaanon ko sabzii paros dogii?)
खाना मेज़ पर परोसा जा चुका है, अब सब बैठ सकते हैं।
The food has already been served on the table, everyone can sit now.
(khaanaa mez par parosaa jaa chukaa hai, ab sab baith sakte hain।)
अगर मेहमान इतने ज़्यादा न होते, तो हम खाना और अच्छे से परोसते।
If there weren't so many guests, we would have served the food more nicely.
(agar mehmaan itne zyaadaa n hote, to ham khaanaa aur achchhe se paroste।)
कृपया मेहमानों को पहले मिठाई परोसें।
Please serve the sweets to the guests first.
(kripyaa mehmaanon ko pahle mithaaii parosen।)
मैं चाहता हूँ कि पहले बुज़ुर्गों को खाना परोसा जाए।
I want the elders to be served food first.
(main chaahtaa hoon ki pahle buzurgon ko khaanaa parosaa jaae।)
दादी ने सबको प्यार से दाल-चावल परोसा।
Grandma lovingly served everyone dal and rice.
(daadii ne sabko pyaar se daal-chaaval parosaa।)
इस रेस्तराँ में खाना बहुत सलीके से परोसा जाता है।
In this restaurant, the food is served very elegantly.
(is restraan men khaanaa bahut saliike se parosaa jaataa hai।)
जब तक सब लोग नहीं आ जाते, तब तक मत परोसना।
Don't serve until everyone has arrived.
(jab tak sab log nahiin aa jaate, tab tak mat parosnaa।)
Sense
2
:
to present/package information in a certain way (figurative)
verb, transitive Used mainly with abstract objects like खबर (khabar, 'news'), बातें (baaten, 'talk'), or झूठ (jhooth, 'lies'): झूठ को सच की तरह परोसना (jhooth ko sach kii tarah parosnaa, 'to serve up a lie as if it were truth').
Synonyms: पेश करना (pesh karnaa, to present)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This figurative use is common in media criticism -- people say news channels परोसते हैं (paroste hain) a particular version of events, as if handing you a plate already arranged the way they want you to see it. It carries a faint edge of 'spoon-feeding' or manipulation.
Sample Sentences:
यह चैनल रोज़ जनता को अपनी मर्ज़ी की खबरें परोसता है।
This channel serves up news of its own choosing to the public every day.
(yah chainal roz jantaa ko apnii marzii kii khabren parostaa hai।)
मीडिया अक्सर आधा सच परोसकर पूरी कहानी बता देने का दावा करता है।
The media often serves up half the truth and claims to be telling the whole story.
(miidiyaa aksar aadhaa sach paroskar poorii kahaanii bataa dene kaa daavaa kartaa hai।)
उस रिपोर्टर ने पूरी घटना को एक खास नज़रिए से परोसा।
That reporter dished out the entire incident from one particular slant.
(us riportar ne poorii ghatnaa ko ek khaas nazrie se parosaa।)
आजकल हर चैनल अपनी विचारधारा को खबर की तरह परोस रहा है।
These days every channel is serving up its own ideology as if it were news.
(aajkal har chainal apnii vichaardhaaraa ko khabar kii tarah paros rahaa hai।)
जनता को सच बताओ, उसे मनगढ़ंत कहानियाँ मत परोसो।
Tell the public the truth, don't dish out made-up stories to them.
(jantaa ko sach bataao, use managdhant kahaaniyaan mat paroso।)
अगर हर चैनल तथ्यों को इस तरह तोड़-मोड़कर परोसे, तो लोग किस पर भरोसा करेंगे?
If every channel serves up facts twisted like this, then who will people trust?
(agar har chainal tathyon ko is tarah tod-modkar parose, to log kis par bharosaa karenge?)
काश वे विश्लेषकों की राय को इतने नाटकीय ढंग से न परोसते।
If only they didn't serve up the analysts' opinions in such a dramatic manner.
(kaash ve vishleshkon kii raay ko itne naatkiiy dhang se n paroste।)
उस डॉक्यूमेंट्री में सरकार का पक्ष बड़े सलीके से परोसा गया था।
In that documentary, the government's position was served up very neatly.
(us dokyoomentrii men sarkaar kaa paksh bade saliike se parosaa gayaa thaa।)
जनसंचार माध्यमों द्वारा जनमानस को जो सूचना परोसी जाती है, वह सदा निष्पक्ष नहीं होती।
The information that is served up to the public consciousness by the mass media is not always impartial.
(jansanchaar maadhymon dvaaraa janmaanas ko jo soochnaa parosii jaatii hai, vah sadaa nishpaksh nahiin hotii।)
विज्ञापन कंपनियाँ उत्पाद की खूबियों को इस तरह परोसती हैं कि कमियाँ नज़र ही न आएँ।
Advertising companies serve up a product's good points in such a way that its flaws don't even show.
(vigyaapan kampniyaan utpaad kii khoobiyon ko is tarah parostii hain ki kamiyaan nazar hii n aaen।)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
परोसना
(parosnaa)
infinitive oblique:
परोसने
(parosne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
परोसता
(parostaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
परोसते
(paroste)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
परोसती
(parostii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
परोसतीं
(parostiin)
continuous (sg.m):
परोस रहा
(paros rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
परोस रहे
(paros rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
परोस रही
(paros rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
परोस रहीं
(paros rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
परोसा
(parosaa)
perfective (pl.m):
परोसे
(parose)
perfective (sg.f):
परोसी
(parosii)
perfective (pl.f):
परोसीं
(parosiin)
imperative (informal):
परोस
(paros)
imperative (neutral):
परोसो
(paroso)
imperative (formal):
परोसिए
(parosie)
future (1sg.m):
परोसूँगा
(parosoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
परोसूँगी
(parosoongii)
future (1pl.m):
परोसेंगे
(parosenge)
future (1pl.f):
परोसेंगी
(parosengii)
future (2sg.m):
परोसेगा
(parosegaa)
future (2sg.f):
परोसेगी
(parosegii)
future (2pl.m):
परोसोगे
(parosoge)
future (2pl.f):
परोसोगी
(parosogii)
future (3sg.m):
परोसेगा
(parosegaa)
future (3sg.f):
परोसेगी
(parosegii)
future (3pl.m):
परोसेंगे
(parosenge)
future (3pl.f):
परोसेंगी
(parosengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
परोसूँ
(parosoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
परोसें
(parosen)
subjunctive (2sg):
परोसे
(parose)
subjunctive (2pl):
परोसो
(paroso)
subjunctive (3sg):
परोसे
(parose)
subjunctive (3pl):
परोसें
(parosen)