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HINDI VERB

कूदना

to jump, to leap

  • #186 most used
  • Intransitive verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Continuous

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

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

Past

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

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

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

Subjunctive

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use कूदना

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

  1. Present

    मीरा हर सुबह बिस्तर पर कूदती है.

    Meera jumps on the bed every morning.

  2. Continuous

    बच्चे बारिश में गड्ढों पर कूद रहे हैं.

    The kids are jumping over the puddles in the rain.

  3. Past

    बिल्ली एक छलाँग में दीवार से नीचे कूदी.

    The cat jumped down off the wall in one leap.

  4. Imperfect

    गाँव में हम तालाब में कूदते थे.

    In the village we used to jump into the pond.

  5. Future

    मैं इतनी ऊँचाई से हरगिज़ नहीं कूदूँगी.

    I will certainly not jump from that height.

  6. Subjunctive

    क्या मैं यहाँ से पानी में कूदूँ?

    Shall I jump into the water from here?

  7. Requests and commands

    चलती बस से मत कूदो, रुकने दो.

    Don't jump off a moving bus, let it stop.

Good to know

  • You jump into or onto something with में or पर, and off or over it with से: पानी में कूदना, दीवार से कूदना.
  • कूद पड़ना is to jump in without thinking, into water or into an argument.

Where you hear कूदना

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Hindi · Fluency Level 2

  • बंदर रोज़ दीवार से रसोई में कूदता है. The monkey jumps from the wall into the kitchen every day.
  • मीरा बिस्तर से नीचे कूदी. Meera jumped down off the bed.
  • मैं पानी में नहीं कूदूँगा. I won't jump into the water.

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