Background
When the subject is not important or unknown, we use this form:
The food is made (by someone)
Hindi is spoken (by someone)
Present Tense
We do this in two steps:
1) First we conjugate the ja verb
Hindi jati hai = Hindi goes
2) Add the past tense of bol -> bol-i
Hindi bol-i ja-ti hai
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The roti goes =
past tense of make =
The roti is made =
The rice goes =
past tense of cook (paka) =
The rice is cooked =
Future Tense
only conjugate the ja for the future tense
Hindi boli jati hai -> Hindi boli jaegi
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the roti will be made =
the wall will be painted (PAINT kar) =
Past Tense
only conjugate the ja for the past tense
Hindi boli jati hai -> Hindi boli ga-yi
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the roti was made =
the wall was painted (PAINT kar) =
