Mujhe or Main

How do you know when to use "mujhe" and when to use "main"? Here are the two sentences that I am confused by: Main kuch garam peene ke liye pasand karunga. (I would like something hot to drink.) Mujhe kuch garam khaane ke liye chahiye. (I want something hot to eat.)

Main-मैं is a nominative case(a subject of a verb)= I in English. Mujhe- मुझे is an oblique(dative case)=to me in English. Your first sentence has pasand karunga. पसंद + करना(pasand+karanaa) must be in nominative contruction. Main kuch garam peene ke liye pasand karunga. (I would like something hot to drink.) Main is a subject of a sentence. pasand karunga is a verb in this sentence. पसंद + होना(pasand+hona) must use dative construction. Example: मुझे यह फ़िल्म पसंद है- Mujhe yaha film pasand hai. This film is pleasing to me(I like this film in English) मुझे हिन्दुस्तानी खाना पसंद है Mujhe hindustani khaanaa pasand hai. Indian food is pleasing to me= I like Indian food. This example use dative form =मुझे- mujhe. Your second sentence:Mujhe kuch garam khaane ke liye chahiye. (I want something hot to eat.) Use the dative case with चाहिये- caahiye expressing "need" with noun. Your second sentence contains caahiye, therefore you must use mujhe(मुझे) which is an oblique of main(मैं)

It's a bit more clearer but then why in this sentence is "main" used? Main antaraal lena chahunga. (I would like a break.)

मैं अंतराल लेना चाहूँगा / मैं रुकना चाहूँगा from the lession 2.1 Tourist Information. Main antaraal lena chahunga. / Main rukna chahunga. I would like a break. Let analyze this sentence. I(मैं-main) is a subject. चाहूँगा(chahunga) is a verb in first person singular which agrees with a subject(मैं-main) I. चाहूँगा(chahunga) is a future tense: I will need/want. चाहूँगा(chahunga is derived from infinitive चाहना-chaahanaa=to want. Root चाह-chaaha Plus auxiliary sound plus गा=चाहूँगा(chahunga which means I will need/ I would like. If the word chahiye is used then you have to use dative case mujhe. Example from the lession 7.3 On the Mountain मुझे अब एक अंतराल चाहिए Mujhe ab ek Antaraal chahiye! I need a break now ! Literally translate: To me now a break is needed.

There was a sentence in the dialogue that used "main" with the verb "chahiye". Why did it not use "mujhe" that time then?

Please give the lession # so that I can check it out.

Lesson 1.2 Doing Coffee

I checked lession 1.2 Doing Coffee. I could not find Main(I) with verb chahiye. Please give me exact sentence.

It's in the extra vocabulary section. Main antaraal lena chahunga (I would like a break).

Main antaraal lena chahunga (I would like a break). male Main antaraal lena chahungee(I would like a break). female. Chahunga is not chahiye. Chahiye means 'is needed' Chahunga means 'I will want/Iwill need/Iwould like.(masculine). Main(I) a subject of chahunga. Nominative construction. antaraal lena =object of the verb chahunga. The other way to say I would like a break: Mujhe Antaraal chahiye! Break is needed to me. Dative construction. Mujhe=to me(dative case) - chahiye Main=I(nominative case/ subjective case) -chahunga You can do phrase finder. Go to toolbox, type the word 'chahiye" and see all sentences with the word'chahiye' use Dative case: mujhe. I hope this helps. Have fun learning Hindi!

Hi L237SB when we go deeper into the Hindi grammar, there is the concept of pratham vibhakti ekwachan and dwitiiya vibhakti ekwachan, where main मैं is "Karta"(कर्त्ता) (doer) and mujhe मुझे is "karm"(कर्म) (receiver or a result). Don't worry if the thing goes over the head, quite normal. I think the main thing to notice is whether you are referring to yourself as the doer of an action in which case you would use मैं or are you the receiver of an action, in which case you would use मुझे . For example, "i need a break" can be translated using both मुझे and मैं depending on what are you stressing on ( the break or you). if you are the doer, in which case, you would be stressing on yourself, you would use मैं एक ब्रेक पर जा रहा हूँ where you are the doer of the action "taking a break" on the other hand if you are stressing on the "break" you would say as मुझे एक ब्रेक की जरूरत है where you are the receiver of the action "of taking a break" It sounds a bit complex,but you would get the feel of it.