Present Tense – Part 2
August 21, 2009 1:24 am in Beginner, Grammar, Kavitha by Kavitha Rajeev Kumar
Present Tense (वर्तमानकाल) contd……..
Present tense can denote:
1) The Actual Present (The action going on at the present moment)
e.g. He is sleeping. – वह सोता है (vah sotha hai)
2) The Habitual Present
e.g. What work does he do? – वह क्या नौकरी करता है? (vah kya naukari kartha hai)
3) The Imminent Future
e.g. I am going ahead, you take the baby and come. – मैं आगे जा रहा हूँ, तुम बच्चे को लेकर आओ (Mein aage jaa raha hoon, tum bache ko le kar aao)
4) The Historic Present
e.g. What did we learn from the war…….. – हमने युध से क्या सीखा की…(Hamne yudh se kya seekha ki………..)
Examples of present tense:
| I go to school everyday. | में रोज स्कूल जाता हूँ | Mein roj school jata hoon |
| When does Ram come here? | राम कब यहाँ आता है? | Ram kab yahan aatha hai? |
| I read Hindi. | में हिन्दी पड़ता(म.)/पड़ती(फ.) हूँ | Mein Hindi padtha(m.)/padthi(f.) hoon. |
| We learn Hindi. | हम हिन्दी सीकते हैं | Hum Hindi seekthe hain. |
| Where do you live? | तुम कहाँ रहते हो? (इनफॉर्मल)आप कहाँ रहते है? (फॉर्मल) | Tum kahan rahate ho? (informal)Aap kahan rahte hai? (formal) |
| Does she sing? | क्या वह गाती है | Kya vah gaathi hai? |
| What work do they do? | वे क्या काम करते है | Veh kya kaam karthe hai? |
| I do not sing. | में नहीं गाता(म.)/गाती(फ.) | Mein nahin gaatha(m.)/gaathi(f.) |
| When do you play? | आप कब खेलते है?(फॉर्मल)तुम कब खेलते हो? (इनफॉर्मल | Aap kab khelthe hai?(formal)Tum kab khelte ho? (informal) |
| I do not drink tea. | में चाय नहीं पीती | Mein chai nahin peethi. |
| Who bring milk? | कौन दूध लाता है? | Kaun doodh latha hai? |
| Please drink water. | आप पानी पीजिए | Aap paani peejiye. |
| They live in a village. | वे गाँव में रहते हैं | Ve gaanv mein rahte hain. |
| Do you stay here? | क्या आप यहाँ रहते है?(फॉर्मल)क्या तुम यहाँ रहते हो? (इनफॉर्मल) | Kya aap yahan rahte hai?(formal)Kya tum yahan rahte ho? (informal) |
| How many boys study in this class? | इस कक्षा में कितने लड़के पड़ते हैं? | Is kaksha mein kitne ladke padthe hain? |
| What does your elder son do nowadays? | आपका बड़ा बेटा आजकल क्या करता है? | Aapka bada beta aajkal kya kartha hai? |
| Sarala sings well. | सरला अच्छी गाती है | Sarala achchi gaathi hai. |
| I go home by bus. | में बस से घर जाता हूँ | Mein bus se ghar jaatha hoon. |


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The podcast for this lesson seems to be from the lesson a few days ago for Food related sentences part 2. It doesn’t go with Present Tense.
Also thanks for all these podcasts, they’re really useful.
THanks tonailoise for let us know. It is corrected now.
Hello
I would like to ask how is it correct to say”He\she is sleeping”
is it – Vah sotha\sothi hai – as in the example given above
or it is – Vah so raha\rahi hai
Thanks….
Dear Stefan:
Vah so rahi hai. She is sleeping..
Vah so raha hai. He is sleeping..
Vah soti hai. She sleeps.
Vah sota hai. He sleeps.
ve so rahe hain. They are sleeping
Ve so rahe tthey They were sleeping
Main sona chahta huin. I want to sleep.
Mai sounga . I will sleep
Kya main so sakta hun? May I sleep?
Hum soyenge. We shall/will sleep.
Hum sotay rahenge. We will continue to sleep.
Main soya. I slept
Hum soye We slept
Main so chuka hun. I have already slept.
Mujhe need aa rahee hai. I am feeling sleepy.
Mainey usey sotey dekha. I saw him sleeping.
Nindra(another word for neend) se jago. Get up from the sleep.
I tried some sentences for you all. Check this out.
Thank you.
Suresh
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Dear Readers
Minor corrections required on spellings of the following Hindi words. Hence the suggestion(present Tense Lesson 2)
युद्ध (yuddh)- war, or conflict(sangharsh) or battle/combat ( also called sangraam)
पढता
सीखते
Thank you.
Regards,
Suresh