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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