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HINDI VERB

उड़ना

to fly, to fly off

  • #183 most used
  • Intransitive verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Continuous

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

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

Past

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

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

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

Subjunctive

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use उड़ना

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

  1. Present

    सुबह छत से कबूतर एक साथ उड़ते हैं.

    In the morning the pigeons fly off the roof together.

  2. Continuous

    देखो, नीली पतंग सबसे ऊँची उड़ रही है.

    Look, the blue kite is flying the highest.

  3. Past

    हमारा जहाज़ दिल्ली से रात को उड़ा.

    Our plane flew out of Delhi at night.

  4. Imperfect

    बचपन में मैं अपने सपनों में उड़ती थी.

    As a child I used to fly in my dreams.

  5. Future

    पतंग तेज़ हवा में बहुत ऊँची उड़ेगी.

    The kite will fly very high in the strong wind.

  6. Subjunctive

    मेरा दिल चाहता है कि मैं भी चिड़िया की तरह उड़ूँ.

    My heart wishes I could fly like a bird too.

  7. Requests and commands

    उड़ो, उड़ो, मेरे मटर मत खाओ!

    Fly off, fly off, don't eat my peas!

Good to know

  • उड़ना is what birds, kites and planes do; a person who flies to Mumbai takes the फ़्लाइट.
  • उड़ जाना is to fly off or away: तोता खिड़की से उड़ गया.

Where you hear उड़ना

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

Hindi · Fluency Level 2

  • कौआ सुबह-सुबह छत से उड़ता है. The crow flies off the roof early in the morning.
  • कल एक कबूतर रसोई में उड़ रहा था. Yesterday a pigeon was flying about in the kitchen.
  • हम दिसंबर में मुंबई उड़ेंगे. We'll fly to Mumbai in December.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: intransitive verb.