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HINDI VERB

बिजली जाना

to lose power (the electricity goes)

  • #457 most used
  • Impersonal verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Masculine Feminine
वहhe/she loses power

Continuous

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

Form Masculine Feminine
वहhe/she is losing power

Past

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

Form Masculine Feminine
वहhe/she lost power

Imperfect

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

Form Masculine Feminine
वहhe/she used to lose power

Future

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

Form Masculine Feminine
वहhe/she will lose power

Subjunctive

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

  1. वह (that) he/she lose power

How to use बिजली जाना

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

  1. Present

    गर्मियों में यहाँ रोज़ शाम को बिजली जाती है.

    In summer the power goes every evening here.

  2. Continuous

    देखो, पंखा धीरे हो गया, बिजली जा रही है.

    Look, the fan slowed down, the power is going.

  3. Past

    मैच के बीच में ही बिजली गई.

    The power went right in the middle of the match.

  4. Imperfect

    पहले हमारे मोहल्ले में घंटों बिजली जाती थी.

    The power used to go for hours in our neighbourhood.

  5. Future

    आज आँधी है, शायद रात को बिजली जाएगी.

    There's a storm today, maybe the power will go at night.

  6. Subjunctive

    जल्दी खाना बना लो, कहीं बिजली न जाए.

    Cook quickly, in case the power goes.

Good to know

  • बिजली is the subject and feminine: बिजली गई, बिजली जा रही है; बिजली आना is when it comes back.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: impersonal verb.