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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 |
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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