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Hindi Past

This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Hindi. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.

To see: देखना
dēkhanā
To write: लिखना
likhanā
To love: प्यार करना
pyāra karanā
To give: देना
dēnā
To play: खेलना
khēlanā
To read: पढ़ना
paṛhanā
To understand: समझना
samajhanā
To have: होना
hōnā
To know: पता करना
patā karanā
To learn: सीखना
jānanā
To think: सोचना
sōcanā
To work: काम करना
kāma karanā
To speak: बात करना
bāta karanā
To drive: ड्राइव करना
ḍrāiva karanā
To smile: मुस्कराना
muskarānā
To find: पता करना
patā karanā
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These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).

I saw you: मैंने तुम्हें देखा था
mainnē tumhē̃ dēkhā thā
I wrote with a pen: मैं कलम से लिखा था
maĩ kalama sē likhā thā
You loved apples: आपने सेबको पसंद किया
āpanē sēbakō pyāra kiyā
You gave money: आपने पैसे दिए
āpa paisē diē
You played tennis: आप टेनिस खेला
āpa ṭēnisa khēlā
He read (past) a book: वह (भूतकाल) एक किताब पढ़ी
vaha (bhūtakāla) ēka kitāba paṛhī
He understood me: उन्होंने मुझे समझा
unhōnnē mujhē samajha gayā
She had a cat: उसके पास एक बिल्ली थी
usakē pāsa ēka billī thī
She knew my friend: वह मेरे दोस्त को जानती थी
usakō mērē dōsta kō patā thī
We wanted to learn: हम सीखना चाहते थे
hama sīkhanā cāhatā thā
We thought Spanish is easy: हमने सोचा स्पेनिश आसान है
hamanē sōcā spēniśa āsāna hai
You (plural) worked here: आप लोग (बहुवचन) यहाँ काम किये
āpa (bahuvacana) yahā̃ kāma kiyē
You (plural) spoke French: आप लोग (बहुवचन) फ्रेंच बोले
āpa (bahuvacana) phrēñca bōlā
They drove a car: वे एक कार चलाये
vē ēka kāra calāī
They smiled: वे मुस्कराएँ
vē muskarāē̃

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