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तरजीह देना

tarjiih denaa

to prefer

Irregular · 12 form tables

Includes habitual, progressive and perfect constructions, commands, and supplied gender and object agreement examples. Some forms already contain a subject.

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Present

Present habitual

तरजीह देना: Present habitual
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	tarjiih detaa huun, tarjiih detii huunI prefer
तू	tarjiih detaa hai, tarjiih detii haiyou (intimate) prefer
वह	tarjiih detaa hai, tarjiih detii haihe/she prefers
हम	tarjiih dete hain, tarjiih detii hainwe prefer
तुम	tarjiih dete ho, tarjiih detii hoyou (familiar) prefer
आप	tarjiih dete hain, tarjiih detii hainyou (respectful) prefer
वे/ये	tarjiih dete hain, tarjiih detii hainthey prefer

Present progressive

तरजीह देना: Present progressive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	tarjiih de rahaa huun, tarjiih de rahii huunI am preferring
तू	tarjiih de rahaa hai, tarjiih de rahii haiyou (intimate) are preferring
वह	tarjiih de rahaa hai, tarjiih de rahii haihe/she is preferring
हम	tarjiih de rahe hain, tarjiih de rahii hainwe are preferring
तुम	tarjiih de rahe ho, tarjiih de rahii hoyou (familiar) are preferring
आप	tarjiih de rahe hain, tarjiih de rahii hainyou (respectful) are preferring
वे/ये	tarjiih de rahe hain, tarjiih de rahii hainthey are preferring

Present perfect

तरजीह देना: Present perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	mainne tarjiih dii haiI have preferred
तू	tuune tarjiih dii haiyou (intimate) have preferred
वह	usne tarjiih dii haihe/she has preferred
हम	hamne tarjiih dii haiwe have preferred
तुम	tumne tarjiih dii haiyou (familiar) have preferred
आप	aapne tarjiih dii haiyou (respectful) have preferred
वे/ये	unhonne tarjiih dii haithey have preferred

Past

Simple past

तरजीह देना: Simple past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	mainne tarjiih diiI preferred
तू	tuune tarjiih diiyou (intimate) preferred
वह	usne tarjiih diihe/she preferred
हम	hamne tarjiih diiwe preferred
तुम	tumne tarjiih diiyou (familiar) preferred
आप	aapne tarjiih diiyou (respectful) preferred
वे/ये	unhonne tarjiih diithey preferred

Past habitual

तरजीह देना: Past habitual
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	tarjiih detaa thaa, tarjiih detii thiiI used to prefer
तू	tarjiih detaa thaa, tarjiih detii thiiyou (intimate) used to prefer
वह	tarjiih detaa thaa, tarjiih detii thiihe/she used to prefer
हम	tarjiih dete the, tarjiih detii thiinwe used to prefer
तुम	tarjiih dete the, tarjiih detii thiin, tarjiih detii thiiyou (familiar) used to prefer
आप	tarjiih dete the, tarjiih detii thiinyou (respectful) used to prefer
वे/ये	tarjiih dete the, tarjiih detii thiinthey used to prefer

Past progressive

तरजीह देना: Past progressive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	tarjiih de rahaa thaa, tarjiih de rahii thiiI was preferring
तू	tarjiih de rahaa thaa, tarjiih de rahii thiiyou (intimate) were preferring
वह	tarjiih de rahaa thaa, tarjiih de rahii thiihe/she was preferring
हम	tarjiih de rahe the, tarjiih de rahii thiinwe were preferring
तुम	tarjiih de rahe the, tarjiih de rahii thiin, tarjiih de rahii thiiyou (familiar) were preferring
आप	tarjiih de rahe the, tarjiih de rahii thiinyou (respectful) were preferring
वे/ये	tarjiih de rahe the, tarjiih de rahii thiinthey were preferring

Past perfect

तरजीह देना: Past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	mainne tarjiih dii thiiI had preferred
तू	tuune tarjiih dii thiiyou (intimate) had preferred
वह	usne tarjiih dii thiihe/she had preferred
हम	hamne tarjiih dii thiiwe had preferred
तुम	tumne tarjiih dii thiiyou (familiar) had preferred
आप	aapne tarjiih dii thiiyou (respectful) had preferred
वे/ये	unhonne tarjiih dii thiithey had preferred

Future

तरजीह देना: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	tarjiih duungaa, tarjiih duungiiI will prefer
तू	tarjiih degaa, tarjiih degiiyou (intimate) will prefer
वह	tarjiih degaa, tarjiih degiihe/she will prefer
हम	tarjiih denge, tarjiih dengiiwe will prefer
तुम	tarjiih doge, tarjiih dogiiyou (familiar) will prefer
आप	tarjiih denge, tarjiih dengiiyou (respectful) will prefer
वे/ये	tarjiih denge, tarjiih dengiithey will prefer

Mood

Subjunctive

तरजीह देना: Subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	tarjiih duun(that) I prefer
तू	tarjiih de(that) you (intimate) prefer
वह	tarjiih de(that) he/she prefers
हम	tarjiih den(that) we prefer
तुम	tarjiih do(that) you (familiar) prefer
आप	tarjiih den(that) you (respectful) prefer
वे/ये	tarjiih den(that) they prefer

Imperative

तरजीह देना: Imperative
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
तू	tarjiih deprefer! (intimate)
तुम	tarjiih doprefer! (familiar)
आप	tarjiih diijieprefer! (respectful)

Presumptive

तरजीह देना: Presumptive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	tarjiih detaa huungaa, tarjiih detii huungiiI probably prefer
तू	tarjiih detaa hogaa, tarjiih detii hogiiyou (intimate) probably prefer
वह	tarjiih detaa hogaa, tarjiih detii hogiihe/she probably prefers
हम	tarjiih dete honge, tarjiih detii hongiiwe probably prefer
तुम	tarjiih dete hoge, tarjiih detii hogiiyou (familiar) probably prefer
आप	tarjiih dete honge, tarjiih detii hongiiyou (respectful) probably prefer
वे/ये	tarjiih dete honge, tarjiih detii hongiithey probably prefer

Counterfactual

तरजीह देना: Counterfactual
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	tarjiih detaa, tarjiih detiiI would prefer
तू	tarjiih detaa, tarjiih detiiyou (intimate) would prefer
वह	tarjiih detaa, tarjiih detiihe/she would prefer
हम	tarjiih dete, tarjiih detiinwe would prefer
तुम	tarjiih dete, tarjiih detiin, tarjiih detiiyou (familiar) would prefer
आप	tarjiih dete, tarjiih detiinyou (respectful) would prefer
वे/ये	tarjiih dete, tarjiih detiinthey would prefer

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