Auxiliary Verb – होना (hona) Posted by Nitin Kumar on Dec 29, 2013 in Hindi Language
Today I will discuss a very important auxiliary verb होना (honā) or ‘to be’ in English.
An auxiliary verb is a verb that is used to support the main verb in the clause by adding mood, tense, number etc to give it a grammatical meaning. In Hindi, the auxiliary verbs are called सहायक क्रिया (Sahayak Kriya).
Infinitive forms of होना (hona – to be)
| infinitive | direct | होना | |
| indirect | होने | ||
Imperative forms of होना (hona – to be)
| Informal | ||
| singular | तू (tu – you) | हो |
| singular or plural | तुम (tu – you) | हौ |
| आप (tu – you) | हूजिए | |
Conjugation of होना (hona – to be) with masculine forms
| Singular – एकवचन – Ekvachan | Plural – बहुवचन – Bahuvachan | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| मैं (m͠ai – I) | तू (tū – you) | ये (ye – he/she) | हम (ham – we) | तुम (tum – you) | ये (ye – they) | ||
| indicative | present | हूँ (hū̃) | है (hai) | है (hai) | हैं (h͠ai) | हो (ho) | हैं (h͠ai) |
| past imperfect | था (thā) | था (thā) | था (thā) | थे (the) | थे (the) | थे (the) | |
| preterite | हुआ (huā) | हुआ (huā) | हुआ (huā) | हुए (hue) | हुए (hue) | हुए (hue) | |
| future | हूँगा (hū̃ṅgā) | होगा (hogā) | होगा (hogā) | होंगे (hõṅge) | होगे (hoge) | होंगे (hõṅge) | |
Conjugation of होना (hona – to be) with feminine forms
| Singular – एकवचन – Ekvachan | Plural – बहुवचन – Bahuvachan | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| मैं (m͠ai – I) | तू (tū – you) | ये (ye – he/she) | हम (ham – we) | तुम (tum – You) | ये (ye – they) | ||
| indicative | present | हूँ (hū̃) | है (hai) | है (hai) | हैं (h͠ai) | हो (ho) | हैं (h͠ai) |
| past imperfect | थी (thī) | थी (thī) | थी (thī) | थीं (thī̃) | थीं (thī̃) | थीं (thī̃) | |
| preterite | हुई (huī) | हुई (huī) | हुई (huī) | हुईं (huī̃) | हुईं (huī̃) | हुईं (huī̃) | |
| future | हूँगी (hū̃ṅgī) | होगी (hogī) | होगी (hogī) | होंगी (hõṅgī) | होगी (hogī) | होंगी (hõṅgī) | |
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Nitin Kumar is a native Hindi speaker from New Delhi, India. His education qualification include Masters in Robotics and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. Currently, he is working in the Research and Development in Robotics in Germany. He is avid language learner with varied level of proficiency in English, German, Spanish, and Japanese. He wish to learn French one day. His passion for languages motivated him to share his mother tongue, Hindi, and culture and traditions associated with its speakers. He has been working with Transparent Language since 2010 and has written over 430 blogs on various topics on Hindi language and India, its culture and traditions. He is also the Administrator for Hindi Facebook page which has a community of over 330,000 members.