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HINDI VERB

उबालना

to boil something

  • #380 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 boil something
तुमyou boil something
आपyou boil something (politely)
वहhe/she boils something
हमwe boil something
वेthey boil something

Continuous

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

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

Past

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

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

Future

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

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

Subjunctive

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use उबालना

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

  1. Present

    मैं रोज़ सुबह दो अंडे उबालती हूँ.

    I boil two eggs every morning.

  2. Continuous

    राजू भैया चाय के लिए पानी उबाल रहे हैं.

    Raju bhaiya is boiling water for chai.

  3. Past

    मैंने आलू पंद्रह मिनट तक उबाले.

    I boiled the potatoes for fifteen minutes.

  4. Imperfect

    बारिश में हम पीने का पानी उबालते थे.

    In the rains we used to boil our drinking water.

  5. Future

    मैं रात को दूध उबालूँगी.

    I'll boil the milk at night.

  6. Subjunctive

    क्या मैं चावल पहले उबालूँ?

    Shall I boil the rice first?

  7. Requests and commands

    नेहा, पास्ता दस मिनट उबालो.

    Neha, boil the pasta for ten minutes.

Good to know

  • उबालना boils a thing, दूध उबालना; उबलना is for the water boiling by itself.

Where you hear उबालना

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

Hindi · Advanced Level 3

  • मैं सुबह अंडे उबालता हूँ. I boil eggs in the morning.
  • मैंने दस किलो आलू उबाले. I boiled ten kilos of potatoes.
  • मैं चाय के लिए दूध उबालूँगी. I'll boil milk for the chai.
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Advanced Level 3 · मैं आलू उबालता हूँ.

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