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HINDI VERB

गायब होना

to disappear, to vanish

  • #478 most used
  • Intransitive verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Masculine Feminine
मैंI disappear
तुमyou disappear
आपyou disappear (politely)
वहhe/she disappears
हमwe disappear
वेthey disappear

Continuous

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

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

Past

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

Form Masculine Feminine
मैंI disappeared
तुमyou disappeared
आपyou disappeared (politely)
वहhe/she disappeared
हमwe disappeared
वेthey disappeared

Imperfect

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

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

Future

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

Form Masculine Feminine
मैंI will disappear
तुमyou will disappear
आपyou will disappear (politely)
वहhe/she will disappear
हमwe will disappear
वेthey will disappear

Subjunctive

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

  1. मैं (that) I disappear
  2. तुम (that) you disappear
  3. आप (that) you disappear (politely)
  4. वह (that) he/she disappear
  5. हम (that) we disappear
  6. वे (that) they disappear

Requests and commands

आज्ञार्थ · तू, तुम, आप, and the very polite -इएगा

  1. तू disappear! (intimate)
  2. तुम disappear! (to a friend)
  3. आप disappear! (politely)
  4. आप (और भी विनम्र) disappear! (very politely)

How to use गायब होना

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

  1. Present

    मेरी चाबियाँ हर हफ़्ते गायब होती हैं.

    My keys disappear every week.

  2. Continuous

    दिल्ली से पुराने पेड़ धीरे-धीरे गायब हो रहे हैं.

    The old trees are slowly disappearing from Delhi.

  3. Past

    मेज़ से मेरा चार्जर फिर गायब हुआ.

    My charger disappeared from the table again.

  4. Imperfect

    परीक्षा के दिनों में रोहन अक्सर गायब होता था.

    Rohan often used to disappear around exam time.

  5. Future

    यह दाग एक धुलाई में गायब होगा.

    This stain will vanish in one wash.

  6. Subjunctive

    सामान संभालो, कहीं कुछ गायब न हो.

    Look after the things, in case something goes missing.

  7. Requests and commands

    अब यहाँ से गायब हो जाओ, काम करने दो!

    Now get out of here, let me work!

Good to know

  • No ने in the past, and गायब never changes: चाबी गायब हुई, पैसे गायब हुए; it is also what a person does who stops showing up.

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