HINDI VERB

भूख लगना

to feel hungry

Conjugation

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

Form	Masculine	Feminine
वहit feels hungry

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

Form	Masculine	Feminine
वहit is feeling hungry

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

Form	Masculine	Feminine
वहit felt hungry

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

Form	Masculine	Feminine
वहit used to feel hungry

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

Form	Masculine	Feminine
वहit will feel hungry

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

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

Present

मुझे दोपहर में बहुत ज़ोर की भूख लगती है.

I get very hungry at noon.
Continuous

मम्मी जी, मुझे अभी बहुत भूख लग रही है.

Mummy ji, I'm feeling very hungry right now.
Past

मेट्रो से उतरते ही मुझे भूख लगी.

As soon as I got off the metro, I felt hungry.
Imperfect

स्कूल के बाद मुझे हमेशा भूख लगती थी.

After school I always used to be hungry.
Future

पैदल चलकर तुम्हें ज़रूर भूख लगेगी.

After walking you'll surely get hungry.
Subjunctive

जब भी भूख लगे, फ़्रिज में खाना है.

Whenever you get hungry, there's food in the fridge.

The hungry one takes को and भूख is feminine: मुझे भूख लगी है, "I'm hungry", is the everyday way to say it.

The same pattern, on other verbs: dative verb (the experiencer takes को).