HINDI VERB

बूढ़ा होना

to grow old

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)

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

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

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

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

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

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

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

Present

हर कोई एक दिन बूढ़ा होता है.

Everyone grows old one day.
Continuous

पापा जी अब बूढ़े हो रहे हैं, कम चलते हैं.

Papa ji is getting old now, he walks less.
Past

मेरी दादी जी कभी मन से बूढ़ी नहीं हुईं.

My Dadi ji never grew old at heart.
Imperfect

पहले लोग पचास में ही बूढ़े होते थे.

People used to grow old at fifty already.
Future

हम दोनों साथ-साथ बूढ़े होंगे.

We'll grow old together.
Subjunctive

मैं चाहता हूँ कि मम्मी जी कभी बूढ़ी न हों.

I wish Mummy ji would never grow old.

बूढ़ा agrees like an adjective and there is no ने: वह बूढ़ा हुआ, वह बूढ़ी हुई, वे बूढ़े हुए.

The same pattern, on other verbs: intransitive verb.