Background:
Past Tense is different for verbs where we cannot ask “what”
We cannot answer: She came “what” / She went “what”
So we memorized it this way:
Sunita ghar aa-yi = Sunita came home
Amit Mumbai ga-ya = Amit went to Mumbai
You Try...
Amit went where? =
I went =
movement of self
We conjugate all self movement verbs this way also:
For instance, the self is moving in these verbs: run, sit, stop
just add -a, -i or -e at the end based on the gender
Radha dauD-i = Radha ran
Sudhir baith-a = Sudhir sat
You Try...
Sudhir ran =
I sat =
Rohit slept =
verbs of expression
verbs of expression such as laughing and crying also are intransitives
choTa laDka ro-ya = The small boy cried
Rajesh muskura-ya = Rajesh smiled
*Note that y is added as a smooth transition between the two vowels
You Try...
I laughed (has) =
Rohit cried (ro) =
Two more verbs: ban and mil
to be and to meet are also conjugated this way:
Anuradha gaayak ban-i = Anuradha became a singer
Radha Amit se mil-i = Radha met with Amit
You Try...
I met with her =
She became a doctor =
