Hindi verbs
The verb carries most of what a sentence does: who, when, whether it is done or still going on. Here you will find the grammar around it, the verbs that do not follow the rules, and practice.
Where to go from here
How a verb changes its form is covered by the grammar topics below. When to use which form is the question of the tenses, and that has a page of its own. The verbs you simply have to know one by one have one too.
The 8 grammar topics around the verb
Each with an explanation, a form table, example sentences and exercises of its own.
A2The future: जाऊँगा, जाएगी, and होगा for “probably”Stem + ऊँ, ए, ओ or एँ, then गा, गी or गे: मैं करूँगा, वह करेगी, हम करेंगे.B1About to: जाने वाला हैThe oblique infinitive + वाला/वाली/वाले + होना: ट्रेन छूटने वाली है, “the train is about to leave”.A2सकना: canBare stem + सकना in any tense: मैं तैर सकता हूँ, “I can swim”; मैं नहीं आ सका, “I couldn’t come”.A2चाहना: to want toInfinitive + चाहना: मैं घर जाना चाहता हूँ, “I want to go home”; for someone else, चाहना कि + subjunctive.A2चाहिए: should, needमुझे पानी चाहिए, “I need water”; मुझे जाना चाहिए, “I should go” — the person takes को.A2जाना है: having to, as a planमुझे जाना है, “I have to go / I’m to go”: the person takes को, the infinitive is followed by है or था.A2लगना: to seem, to like, to feelमुझे यह गाना अच्छा लगता है, “I like this song”; मुझे भूख लगी है, “I’m hungry”; मुझे लगता है कि …, “I think that …”.B1पड़ना: having to, against your willमुझे जाना पड़ा, “I had to go”: the person takes को, and पड़ना carries the tense.
Practise 290 verbs
The verbs from the core vocabulary, across all the topic lists.