(honaa) - to be 2nd Form To have this form: (i) get the present participle to the verb.

The present participle is formed by adding (taa) to the root of the verb in masculine singular (te) to the root of the verb in masculine plural (tee) to the root of the verb in feminine singular and plural. Te root of the verb is got by dropping (naa) from the infinitive. Hindi infinitiv e ends in (naa). (ii)Use with this present participle the first form of (honaa) as the helping verb. Illustration Infinitive Root Present Participle Helping verb Tense (honaa) (ho) , , (hotaa, hotay, hotee) (hai, hain, ho, huun) Full conjugation of Singular ( ) Plural ( 1st Person 2nd P. (m.) Thou (f.) Thou (m.) You (f.) You 3rd P. (m.) He is (m.) They are (f.) She is (f.) They are. English sentences, having 'is' and 'are' as the chief verbs, may be translated i nto Hindi in two ways, using the two forms of (honaa) given above. The Correct way of using the two forms: (a) , , etc. are used when something is said about, (i) a particular individual fact: e.g. The earth is round. (ii)an action which took place only once: e.g. The boy is sick. (iii) an individual out of a group: e.g. This cow is black. (b) , , etc. are used when something is said, (i)about some universal truth, e.g. A planet is round. (ii) about an action which take place often, e.g. The boy is often sick. (iii) about a group in general. e.g. Some cows are black. Explanation: ( ) ( ) Some cows are black. Some cows are black. art art are are (m.) You are (f.) You are ) (m.) I am becomes (f.) I am becomes (m.) We are (f.) We are

, , (honaa)

, , etc.(hotaa hai, hotay hain, etc.)

The 'cows' in the first sentence are the black cows amongst the other cows of di fferent colours. The second sentence says about the colour of some cows in the w

orld which are black. Excercise II ( Back to Contents (1)Supply the correct verb, using either (hai), (hain), etc. or tc. and translate into English. . ............. . .............. . ............. . ............. . .............. . . ............ . ............ . .............. ........... (2) Translate into Hindi: ( ) 1. A sea is deep. 2. Some men are very honest. 3. Why are you often absent? 4. The dog is an animal. 5. These are good boys. 6. The dog is a faithful animal. 7. Hair is black. 8. Bones are hard. 9. My servants are industrious 10. Some girls are very naughty 11. A good boy is truthful. 12. This elephant is very big. Words & Meaning 2 Back to Contents Hindi Gender Eng.trans Meaning Hindi Gender Meaning m. Gaind a ball gol round m. aam mango chaalaak m. totaa a parrot haraa m. samudra sea khaaraa m. paanee water kaa of m. aakaash sky neelaa m. koyalaa coal kaalaa m. shahar city kachchaa khattaa sour m. patthar . karaa hard f. aag fire bahut very garam hot gaharaa deep kuchh , ( ) eemaanadaar, sachchaa (ay) , aksar/bahudhaa often gairahaajir anupasthita absent ye these m. kuttaa dog m. jaanwar animal waphaadaar swaamibhakt faithful m. waal hair f. hadiyaa karaa hard , f. larkiyaan girls yaha this m. haathee Eng.trans sweet green salty blue black raw stone some honest

(hotaa hai),

Kyon

bones mehanatee, parishtramee natkhat naughty Elephant