HINDI VERB

फँसना

to get stuck, to be caught

Conjugation

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

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

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

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

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

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

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

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

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

शाम को मेरी बस रोज़ धौला कुआँ पर फँसती है.

In the evening my bus gets stuck at Dhaula Kuan every day.
Continuous

देखो, पतंग फिर पेड़ में फँस रही है.

Look, the kite is getting caught in the tree again.
Past

कल मैं पूरे दो घंटे जाम में फँसा रहा.

Yesterday I was stuck in a jam for two whole hours.
Imperfect

बारिश में हमारी गली की गाड़ियाँ अक्सर फँसती थीं.

In the rain the cars in our lane often got stuck.
Future

पाँच बजे निकलोगे तो जाम में फँसोगे.

If you leave at five, you'll get stuck in a jam.
Subjunctive

जल्दी चलो, ताकि हम बारिश में न फँसें.

Let's go quickly, so that we don't get caught in the rain.
Requests and commands

रोहन, इन सस्ते ऑफ़र के चक्कर में मत फँसो.

Rohan, don't get caught up in these cheap offers.

No ने: मैं ट्रैफ़िक में फँसा; where you are stuck takes में, and फँसाना is to trap someone.

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

ऑटो रोज़ ट्रैफ़िक में फँसता है. The auto gets stuck in traffic every day.
मैं कल ओखला में फँसा. I got stuck at Okhla yesterday.
शाम को गाड़ी ट्रैफ़िक में फँसेगी. In the evening the car will get stuck in traffic.

Advanced Level 2 · ओखला में ट्रैफ़िक में फँसा है.

The same pattern, on other verbs: intransitive verb.