Verbs

Question 1

बोलना

Answer 1

To Speak

Question 2

सोना

Answer 2

To Sleep

Question 3

खाना

Answer 3

To Eat

Question 4

सीखना

Answer 4

To Learn

Question 5

जाना

Answer 5

To Go

Question 6

The ROOT of a verb

Answer 6

Is simply it’s infinitive form with the ना naa at the end removed.
For example: the root of सीखना is सीख and the root of आना is आ.

Question 7

The Present Tense

Answer 7

It’s simply sentences like ‘I eat’, ‘He reads’, ‘They drink’, they show a present action! The Present Tense shows something is happening now - in the ‘present’ and not in the Past or in the Future!

Question 8

चलना

Answer 8

To Walk

Question 9

पीना

Answer 9

To Drink

Question 10

Present Tense Rules

Answer 10

● When the Subject is Masculine Singular (that is when it’s just one person and it’s a male) then we add ता to the verb root. (मैं सीखता हूँ) I learn (male speaking)
● When the Subject is Masculine Plural (that’s when it’s a group of males or a group of mixed gender) we add ते to the verb root. (वे चलते हैं) They walk (males/mixed group)
● Finally when the Subject is Feminine Singular or Plural (that is when it’s just one female or a group of females) we add ती to the verb root! (वे पढ़ती हैं or वह पढ़ती है) They read (group of females) She reads (single female)

Question 11

प्यार करना

Answer 11

To Love

Question 12

लिखना

Answer 12

To Write

Question 13

सोचना

Answer 13

To Think

Question 14

The Present Continuous Sense

Answer 14

Sentences that include ‘-ing’ to show something is happening now!
Examples : ‘I am eating’, ‘They are running’, ‘Mohit is going’.

Question 15

Making a Verb Present Continuous Tense

Answer 15

When we want to make Hindi sentence in the Present Continuous Tense (that’s basically just adding ‘-ing’) we use the verb root followed by either…
● रिा rahaa is the subject is Masculine and Singular,
● रिे rahe if the subject is Masculine and Plural,
● रिी rahee if the subject is Feminine.

Question 16

पढ़ना

Answer 16

To Read or To Study