Hindi reference

होना

honaa

to be, to happen

Irregular · 14 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

होना: Present habitual
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	hotaa huun, hotii huunI am
तू	hotaa hai, hotii haiyou (intimate) are
वह	hotaa hai, hotii haihe/she is
हम	hote hain, hotii hainwe are
तुम	hote ho, hotii hoyou (familiar) are
आप	hote hain, hotii hainyou (respectful) are
वे/ये	hote hain, hotii hainthey are

Present progressive

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

Present perfect

होना: Present perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	huaa huun, huii huunI have become
तू	huaa hai, huii haiyou (intimate) have become
वह	huaa hai, huii haihe/she has become
हम	hue hain, huii hainwe have become
तुम	hue ho, huii hoyou (familiar) have become
आप	hue hain, huii hainyou (respectful) have become
वे/ये	hue hain, huii hainthey have become

Past

Simple past

होना: Simple past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	huaa, huiiI became
तू	huaa, huiiyou (intimate) became
वह	huaa, huiihe/she became
हम	hue, huiinwe became
तुम	hue, huiin, huiiyou (familiar) became
आप	hue, huiinyou (respectful) became
वे/ये	hue, huiinthey became

Past habitual

होना: Past habitual
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	hotaa thaa, hotii thiiI used to be
तू	hotaa thaa, hotii thiiyou (intimate) used to be
वह	hotaa thaa, hotii thiihe/she used to be
हम	hote the, hotii thiinwe used to be
तुम	hote the, hotii thiin, hotii thiiyou (familiar) used to be
आप	hote the, hotii thiinyou (respectful) used to be
वे/ये	hote the, hotii thiinthey used to be

Past progressive

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

Past perfect

होना: Past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	huaa thaa, huii thiiI had become
तू	huaa thaa, huii thiiyou (intimate) had become
वह	huaa thaa, huii thiihe/she had become
हम	hue the, huii thiinwe had become
तुम	hue the, huii thiin, huii thiiyou (familiar) had become
आप	hue the, huii thiinyou (respectful) had become
वे/ये	hue the, huii thiinthey had become

Future

होना: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	huungaa, huungiiI will be
तू	hogaa, hogiiyou (intimate) will be
वह	hogaa, hogiihe/she will be
हम	honge, hongiiwe will be
तुम	hoge, hogiiyou (familiar) will be
आप	honge, hongiiyou (respectful) will be
वे/ये	honge, hongiithey will be

Mood

Subjunctive

होना: Subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	huun(that) I am
तू	ho(that) you (intimate) are
वह	ho(that) he/she is
हम	hon(that) we are
तुम	ho(that) you (familiar) are
आप	hon(that) you (respectful) are
वे/ये	hon(that) they are

Imperative

होना: Imperative
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
तू	hobe! (intimate)
तुम	hoobe! (familiar)
आप	hoiebe! (respectful)

Presumptive

होना: Presumptive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	hotaa huungaa, hotii huungiiI am probably
तू	hotaa hogaa, hotii hogiiyou (intimate) are probably
वह	hotaa hogaa, hotii hogiihe/she is probably
हम	hote honge, hotii hongiiwe are probably
तुम	hote hoge, hotii hogiiyou (familiar) are probably
आप	hote honge, hotii hongiiyou (respectful) are probably
वे/ये	hote honge, hotii hongiithey are probably

Counterfactual

होना: Counterfactual
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	hotaa, hotiiI would be
तू	hotaa, hotiiyou (intimate) would be
वह	hotaa, hotiihe/she would be
हम	hote, hotiinwe would be
तुम	hote, hotiin, hotiiyou (familiar) would be
आप	hote, hotiinyou (respectful) would be
वे/ये	hote, hotiinthey would be

To be

Present copula

होना: Present copula
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	huunI am
तू	haiyou (intimate) are
वह	haihe/she is
हम	hainwe are
तुम	hoyou (familiar) are
आप	hainyou (respectful) are
वे/ये	hainthey are

Past copula

होना: Past copula
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
मैं	thaa, thiiI was
तू	thaa, thiiyou (intimate) were
वह	thaa, thiihe/she was
हम	the, thiinwe were
तुम	the, thiin, thiiyou (familiar) were
आप	the, thiinyou (respectful) were
वे/ये	the, thiinthey were

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