HINDI VERB

बर्बाद करना

to ruin, to waste

Conjugation

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

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

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

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

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

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

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

रोहन फ़ोन पर घंटों बर्बाद करता है.

Rohan wastes hours on his phone.
Continuous

तुम इतना पानी क्यों बर्बाद कर रहे हो?

Why are you wasting so much water?
Past

उसने अपनी सारी कमाई जुए में बर्बाद की.

He wasted all his earnings on gambling.
Imperfect

कॉलेज में मैं बहुत समय बर्बाद करता था.

In college I used to waste a lot of time.
Future

यह आँधी किसानों की फ़सल बर्बाद करेगी.

This storm will ruin the farmers' crop.
Subjunctive

मैं नहीं चाहता कि तुम अपना करियर बर्बाद करो.

I don't want you to ruin your career.
Requests and commands

खाना बर्बाद मत करो, जितना चाहिए उतना लो.

Don't waste food, take as much as you need.

It agrees with the thing wasted: पैसा बर्बाद किया, ज़िंदगी बर्बाद की; what goes to waste by itself is बर्बाद होना.

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