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HINDI VERB

छुट्टी होना

to have the day off, to break up (of school)

  • #468 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 has the day off

Continuous

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

Form Masculine Feminine
वहhe/she is having the day off

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 had the day off

Imperfect

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

Form Masculine Feminine
वहhe/she used to have the day off

Future

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

Form Masculine Feminine
वहhe/she will have the day off

Subjunctive

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

  1. वह (that) he/she have the day off

How to use छुट्टी होना

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

  1. Present

    हमारे दफ़्तर में हर दूसरे शनिवार छुट्टी होती है.

    At our office every second Saturday is a day off.

  2. Continuous

    देखो, स्कूल की छुट्टी हो रही है, बच्चे निकल रहे हैं.

    Look, school is getting out, the children are coming out.

  3. Past

    आज गर्मी के कारण स्कूलों की छुट्टी हुई.

    Today schools were closed because of the heat.

  4. Imperfect

    पहले दीवाली पर पूरे हफ़्ते की छुट्टी होती थी.

    There used to be a whole week off for Diwali.

  5. Future

    कल होली है, सबकी छुट्टी होगी.

    Tomorrow is Holi, everyone will have the day off.

  6. Subjunctive

    काश कल छुट्टी हो, मैं देर तक सोऊँ.

    I wish tomorrow were a day off so I could sleep in.

Good to know

  • The place or the person takes की: स्कूल की छुट्टी हुई, मेरी छुट्टी है; छुट्टी is feminine, so the verb is always feminine.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: impersonal verb.