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HINDI VERB

हँसाना

to make someone laugh

  • #437 most used
  • Transitive verb (ने in the past)

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Masculine Feminine
मैंI make someone laugh
तुमyou make someone laugh
आपyou make someone laugh (politely)
वहhe/she makes someone laugh
हमwe make someone laugh
वेthey make someone laugh

Continuous

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

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

Past

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

Form Masculine Feminine
मैंनेI made someone laugh (agrees with the object)
तुमनेyou made someone laugh (agrees with the object)
आपनेyou made someone laugh (agrees with the object) (politely)
उसनेhe/she made someone laugh (agrees with the object)
हमनेwe made someone laugh (agrees with the object)
उन्होंनेthey made someone laugh (agrees with the object)

Imperfect

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

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

Future

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

Form Masculine Feminine
मैंI will make someone laugh
तुमyou will make someone laugh
आपyou will make someone laugh (politely)
वहhe/she will make someone laugh
हमwe will make someone laugh
वेthey will make someone laugh

Subjunctive

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use हँसाना

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

  1. Present

    राजू भैया अपनी बातों से सबको हँसाते हैं.

    Raju bhaiya makes everyone laugh with his talk.

  2. Continuous

    देखो, जोकर बच्चों को कैसे हँसा रहा है.

    Look how the clown is making the children laugh.

  3. Past

    कल की फ़िल्म ने हमें बहुत हँसाया.

    Yesterday's film made us laugh a lot.

  4. Imperfect

    दादा जी अपने किस्सों से हमें खूब हँसाते थे.

    Grandpa used to make us laugh a lot with his stories.

  5. Future

    उदास मत हो, मैं तुम्हें अभी हँसाऊँगी.

    Don't be sad, I'll make you laugh right now.

  6. Subjunctive

    क्या मैं एक चुटकुला सुनाकर सबको हँसाऊँ?

    Shall I tell a joke and make everyone laugh?

  7. Requests and commands

    बच्चे को थोड़ा हँसाओ, वह रो रहा है.

    Make the baby laugh a bit, he's crying.

Good to know

  • The person takes को: बच्चों को हँसाना; हँसना is to laugh.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: transitive verb (ने in the past).