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HINDI VERB

शादी करना

to marry

  • #154 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 marry
तुमyou marry
आपyou marry (politely)
वहhe/she marries
हमwe marry
वेthey marry

Continuous

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

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

Past

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

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

Future

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

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

Subjunctive

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use शादी करना

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

  1. Present

    दिल्ली में लोग सर्दियों में शादी करते हैं.

    In Delhi people get married in winter.

  2. Continuous

    मेरी बहन अगले महीने शादी कर रही है.

    My sister is getting married next month.

  3. Past

    मीरा ने पिछले साल एक डॉक्टर से शादी की.

    Meera married a doctor last year.

  4. Imperfect

    पहले लोग बहुत जल्दी शादी करते थे.

    People used to marry very young.

  5. Future

    रोहन कहता है वह कभी शादी नहीं करेगा.

    Rohan says he'll never marry.

  6. Subjunctive

    मम्मी जी चाहती हैं कि मैं जल्दी शादी करूँ.

    Mummy ji wants me to marry soon.

  7. Requests and commands

    जिससे प्यार करते हो, उसी से शादी करो.

    Marry the one you love.

Good to know

  • Whom you marry takes से: नेहा ने रोहन से शादी की; शादी is feminine, so the past is की.

Where you hear शादी करना

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

Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

  • दिल्ली में लोग नवंबर में शादी करते हैं. In Delhi people marry in November.
  • मैंने चालीस साल पहले शादी की. I married forty years ago.
  • मैं अगले साल शादी करूँगा. I'll marry next year.

Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

  • दिल्ली में लोग नवंबर में शादी करते हैं. In Delhi people marry in November.
  • मैंने चालीस साल पहले शादी की. I married forty years ago.
  • मैं अगले साल शादी करूँगा. I'll marry next year.

Verbs like this one

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