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HINDI VERB

जगाना

to wake someone

  • #164 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 wake someone
तुमyou wake someone
आपyou wake someone (politely)
वहhe/she wakes someone
हमwe wake someone
वेthey wake someone

Continuous

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

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

Past

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

Form Masculine Feminine
मैंनेI woke someone (agrees with the object)
तुमनेyou woke someone (agrees with the object)
आपनेyou woke someone (agrees with the object) (politely)
उसनेhe/she woke someone (agrees with the object)
हमनेwe woke someone (agrees with the object)
उन्होंनेthey woke someone (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 wake someone
तुमyou used to wake someone
आपyou used to wake someone (politely)
वहhe/she used to wake someone
हमwe used to wake someone
वेthey used to wake someone

Future

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

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

Subjunctive

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use जगाना

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

  1. Present

    मम्मी जी हमें रोज़ छह बजे जगाती हैं.

    Mummy ji wakes us at six every day.

  2. Continuous

    रोहन, मैं तुम्हें दस मिनट से जगा रहा हूँ.

    Rohan, I've been waking you for ten minutes.

  3. Past

    आज अलार्म ने नहीं, कौवे ने मुझे जगाया.

    Today it wasn't the alarm, a crow woke me.

  4. Imperfect

    दादी जी हमें मंदिर के लिए जल्दी जगाती थीं.

    Dadi ji used to wake us early for the temple.

  5. Future

    मैं तुम्हें पाँच बजे जगाऊँगी, सो जाओ.

    I'll wake you at five, go to sleep.

  6. Subjunctive

    क्या मैं पापा जी को अभी जगाऊँ?

    Shall I wake Papa ji now?

  7. Requests and commands

    मुझे सात बजे ज़रूर जगाओ.

    Be sure to wake me at seven.

Good to know

  • जगाना wakes someone else; जागना is to be awake and उठना to get up yourself.

Where you hear जगाना

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Hindi · Advanced Level 3

  • मैं रोज़ छह बजे रोहन को जगाती हूँ. I wake Rohan at six every day.
  • तुमने मुझे क्यों नहीं जगाया? Why didn't you wake me?
  • मैं तुम्हें आठ बजे जगाऊँगा. I'll wake you at eight.
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A father on leave

Advanced Level 3 · धीरे से, और फ़्लैश से मत जगाना.

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