HINDI VERB

अंधेरा होना

to get dark

Conjugation

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वर्तमान काल · now and habits: the -ता forms (जाता हूँ)

Form	Masculine	Feminine
वहhe/she gets dark

अपूर्ण वर्तमान · happening right now: रहा, रही, रहे (जा रहा हूँ)

Form	Masculine	Feminine
वहhe/she is getting dark

सामान्य भूत · finished actions (गया, गई); a transitive verb puts ने on its subject and agrees with its object

Form	Masculine	Feminine
वहhe/she got dark

अपूर्ण भूत · “used to” and “was …ing”: the -ता forms with था (जाता था)

Form	Masculine	Feminine
वहhe/she used to get dark

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

Form	Masculine	Feminine
वहhe/she will get dark

संभावनार्थ · wishes, “shall I”, “so that”: जाऊँ, जाएं

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

Present

दिसंबर में यहाँ छह बजे तक अंधेरा होता है.

In December it gets dark here by six.
Continuous

जल्दी चलो, अंधेरा हो रहा है.

Let's hurry, it's getting dark.
Past

जैसे ही अंधेरा हुआ, बच्चे घर आ गए.

As soon as it got dark, the children came home.
Imperfect

गाँव में जल्दी अंधेरा होता था और सब सो जाते थे.

In the village it would get dark early and everyone would go to sleep.
Future

एक घंटे में अंधेरा होगा, टॉर्च ले लो.

It'll be dark in an hour, take a torch.
Subjunctive

जल्दी चलो, इससे पहले कि अंधेरा हो.

Hurry, before it gets dark.

अंधेरा is the subject and masculine, so the verb stays masculine: अंधेरा हो रहा है, अंधेरा हुआ; there is no "it".

The same pattern, on other verbs: impersonal verb.