HINDI VERB

बधाई देना

to congratulate

Conjugation

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

Form	Masculine	Feminine
मैंI congratulate
तुमyou congratulate
आपyou congratulate (politely)
वहhe/she congratulates
हमwe congratulate
वेthey congratulate

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

Form	Masculine	Feminine
मैंI am congratulating
तुमyou are congratulating
आपyou are congratulating (politely)
वहhe/she is congratulating
हमwe are congratulating
वेthey are congratulating

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

Form	Masculine	Feminine
मैंनेI congratulated (agrees with the object)
तुमनेyou congratulated (agrees with the object)
आपनेyou congratulated (agrees with the object) (politely)
उसनेhe/she congratulated (agrees with the object)
हमनेwe congratulated (agrees with the object)
उन्होंनेthey congratulated (agrees with the object)

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

Form	Masculine	Feminine
मैंI used to congratulate
तुमyou used to congratulate
आपyou used to congratulate (politely)
वहhe/she used to congratulate
हमwe used to congratulate
वेthey used to congratulate

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

Form	Masculine	Feminine
मैंI will congratulate
तुमyou will congratulate
आपyou will congratulate (politely)
वहhe/she will congratulate
हमwe will congratulate
वेthey will congratulate

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

आज्ञार्थ · तू, तुम, आप, and the very polite -इएगा

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

Present

हर दीवाली हम सब पड़ोसियों को बधाई देते हैं.

Every Diwali we give all the neighbours our good wishes.
Continuous

सब लोग मीरा को शादी की बधाई दे रहे हैं.

Everyone is congratulating Meera on her wedding.
Past

मैंने रोहन को नतीजे की बधाई दी.

I congratulated Rohan on his results.
Imperfect

गुप्ता जी हर जन्मदिन पर फ़ोन करके बधाई देते थे.

Gupta ji used to phone to congratulate on every birthday.
Future

मैं कल नेहा को उसकी नई नौकरी की बधाई दूँगी.

Tomorrow I'll congratulate Neha on her new job.
Subjunctive

चलो, नए पड़ोसियों को बधाई दें.

Come on, let's go congratulate the new neighbours.
Requests and commands

भाई को गले लगाकर बधाई दो.

Hug your brother and congratulate him.

The person takes को, the reason की: मैंने नेहा को नई नौकरी की बधाई दी; बधाई is feminine.

The same pattern, on other verbs: transitive verb (ने in the past).