HINDI VERB

कपड़े बदलना

to change clothes

Conjugation

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

Form	Masculine	Feminine
मैंI change clothes
तुमyou change clothes
आपyou change clothes (politely)
वहhe/she changes clothes
हमwe change clothes
वेthey change clothes

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

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

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

Form	Masculine	Feminine
मैंनेI changed clothes (agrees with the object)
तुमनेyou changed clothes (agrees with the object)
आपनेyou changed clothes (agrees with the object) (politely)
उसनेhe/she changed clothes (agrees with the object)
हमनेwe changed clothes (agrees with the object)
उन्होंनेthey changed clothes (agrees with the object)

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

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

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

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

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

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

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

Present

मैं दफ़्तर से आकर सबसे पहले कपड़े बदलता हूँ.

The first thing I do after work is change clothes.
Continuous

नेहा अंदर कपड़े बदल रही है, दो मिनट रुको.

Neha is changing inside, wait two minutes.
Past

बारिश में भीगकर मैंने तुरंत कपड़े बदले.

Soaked in the rain, I changed at once.
Imperfect

बच्चे खेलकर आते थे और कपड़े बदलते थे.

The children would come back from playing and change.
Future

मैं पाँच मिनट में कपड़े बदलूँगा, फिर चलते हैं.

I'll change in five minutes, then let's go.
Subjunctive

मम्मी जी चाहती हैं कि हम बाहर से आकर कपड़े बदलें.

Mummy ji wants us to change when we come in from outside.
Requests and commands

गीले हो, पहले कपड़े बदलो.

You're wet, change your clothes first.

कपड़े is masculine plural, so the past is always कपड़े बदले: मैंने कपड़े बदले; बदलना alone is to change anything.

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