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Verbs of Hindi

This section is just a very broad overview of some of the grammatical concepts related to Hindi verbs that are discussed in detail elsewhere on the site. Please refer to individual articles for more detail. Verbs are words that convey an action or a state. Verbs have several basic attributes: Tense Voice Mood Aspect Person Number Gender Transitivity Modality Below is a concise summary of these characteristics, followed by tables that demonstrate the general forms of verbs. Person “Person” refers to the relative relationship between the speaker and the listener (or writer and reader). There are three grammatical persons in Hindi: the first person, second person, and third person. Number The number refers to the plurality of the subject of a verb – i.e., whether it is singular or plural. Gender Hindi verbs have gender. English verbs, of course, have no gender. The gender of the verb is determined by the subject of the verb, or in the case of most tr...