Past Indefinite Tense
PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
SAMANYA BHOOT KAAL/सामान्य भूत काल
An action mentioned as done in the past without any definite reference to the time or its condition is said to be in past indefinite tense. e.g. I went, I watched, I won gaya/dekha/jeeta. These are the form of simple past tense.
- If the verb ends in silent with a/अ, lengthen it to aa/आ, to from masculine singular, and change it into ae/ए for masculine plural. In feminine singular it becomes ee/ई and in plural een/ईं (dikha/dikhey/dikhi/dikhin/दिखा/दिखे/दिखी/दिखीं).
- If the verb ends in aa/o/आ/ओ, ya/या is added (gaya/khaya/गया/खाया) which becomes ye/ये in masculine plural yee/यी in feminine singular and yeen/यीं in feminine plural. But where the use of ya/या is optional, it may be avoided using only the vowel form. Hence khaaye,khayee, khaayeen/खाए/खाई/खाईं are preferred instead of khaaye/khayee/khayeen/खाये/खायी/खायीं
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Masculine |
Feminine |
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Verb /Action |
Singular |
Plural |
Singular |
Plural |
Read/padh/पढ़ |
read/padha/पढ़ा |
read/padhey/पढ़े |
read/padhi/पढ़ी |
read/padheen/पढ़ीं |
Watch/dekh/देख |
watched/dekha/देखा |
watched/dekhe/देखे |
watched/dekhi/देखी |
watched/dekheen/देखीं |
Run/daud/दौड़ |
ran/dauda/दौड़ा |
ran/daudey/दौड़े |
ran/daudi/दौड़ी |
ran/daudeen/दौड़ीं |
Laugh/hans/हँस |
laughed/hansa/हँसा |
laughed/hansey/हँसे |
laughed/hansee/हँसी |
laughed/hanseen/हँसीं |
Examples:
1. I went to the home yesterday.
Main kal ghar gaya tha./मैं कल घर गया था।
2. I read a story book.
Maine kahaniyon ki ek kitaab padhi./मैंने कहानियों की एक किताब पढ़ी।
3. Suddenly the train left the station.
Achanak railgaadi ne station chod diya./अचानक रेलगाड़ी ने स्टेशन छोड़ दिया।
4. When did you return from the village.
Tum gaaon se kab lautey./तुम गाँओ से कब लौटे।
5. I went to market to purchase some clothes.
Main kal kapde khareedney ke liye baajar gaya tha./ मैं कल कपड़े खरीदने के लिए बाजार गया था।
6. Radha watched a movie yesterday.
Radha ne kal ek chalchitra dekha./राधा ने कल एक चलचित्र देखा।
7. Last year, Kavita went to Japan.
Pichle saal, kavita japan gayi thi./पिछले साल, कविता जापान गयी थी।
8. Did you have dinner last night?
Kya kal tumne raat ka bhojan kiya tha?/क्या कल तुमने रात का भोजन किया था?
Vocabulary:
went-gaya/गया, read- padha/पढ़ा, left-choda/छोड़ा, returned-lauta/लौटा, watched-dekha/देखा, dinner-raat ka bhojan/रात का भोजन