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HINDI VERB

रुलाना

to make someone cry

  • #409 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 cry
तुमyou make someone cry
आपyou make someone cry (politely)
वहhe/she makes someone cry
हमwe make someone cry
वेthey make someone cry

Continuous

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

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

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 cry (agrees with the object)
तुमनेyou made someone cry (agrees with the object)
आपनेyou made someone cry (agrees with the object) (politely)
उसनेhe/she made someone cry (agrees with the object)
हमनेwe made someone cry (agrees with the object)
उन्होंनेthey made someone cry (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 cry
तुमyou used to make someone cry
आपyou used to make someone cry (politely)
वहhe/she used to make someone cry
हमwe used to make someone cry
वेthey used to make someone cry

Future

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

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

Subjunctive

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use रुलाना

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

  1. Present

    यह पुराना गाना मुझे हर बार रुलाता है.

    This old song makes me cry every time.

  2. Continuous

    रोहन, तुम छोटी बहन को क्यों रुला रहे हो?

    Rohan, why are you making your little sister cry?

  3. Past

    उस फ़िल्म ने पूरे हॉल को रुलाया.

    That film made the whole hall cry.

  4. Imperfect

    बचपन में राजू भैया मुझे बहुत रुलाते थे.

    As a child, Raju bhaiya used to make me cry a lot.

  5. Future

    मैं अपनी मम्मी को कभी नहीं रुलाऊँगी.

    I'll never make my mother cry.

  6. Subjunctive

    मैं ऐसा कुछ क्यों कहूँ, जो उसे रुलाए?

    Why would I say something that makes her cry?

  7. Requests and commands

    मुझे मत रुलाओ, मैं ठीक हूँ.

    Don't make me cry, I'm fine.

Good to know

  • रुलाना is रोना turned on someone else; the one made to cry takes को: उसने मुझे रुलाया.

Where you hear रुलाना

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

Hindi · Advanced Level 1

  • यह फ़िल्म सबको रुलाती है. This film makes everyone cry.
  • उस गाने ने मुझे रुलाया. That song made me cry.
  • मैं उसे कभी नहीं रुलाऊँगा. I'll never make her cry.

Verbs like this one

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