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HINDI VERB

उठना

to get up, to wake up

  • #31 most used
  • Intransitive verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Masculine Feminine
मैंI get up
तुमyou get up
आपyou get up (politely)
वहhe/she gets up
हमwe get up
वेthey get up

Continuous

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

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

Past

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

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

भविष्यत् काल · plans and promises (जाऊँगा, जाएंगे)

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

Subjunctive

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use उठना

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

  1. Present

    मैं रोज़ सुबह छह बजे उठता हूँ.

    I get up at six every morning.

  2. Continuous

    रुको, दादी जी अभी उठ रही हैं.

    Wait, Dadi ji is getting up right now.

  3. Past

    आज मैं देर से उठा, इसलिए बस छूट गई.

    I got up late today, so I missed the bus.

  4. Imperfect

    गाँव में हम सब सूरज के साथ उठते थे.

    In the village we all used to get up with the sun.

  5. Future

    कल मैं पाँच बजे उठूँगा और दौड़ने जाऊँगा.

    Tomorrow I'll get up at five and go running.

  6. Subjunctive

    शायद पापा जी थोड़ी देर में उठें.

    Maybe Papa ji will get up in a little while.

  7. Requests and commands

    रोहन, उठो, स्कूल के लिए देर हो रही है!

    Rohan, get up, you're getting late for school!

Good to know

  • उठना is to get up or rise; the causative उठाना is to lift something or to wake someone up.

Where you hear उठना

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

Hindi · Beginner Level 2

  • मैं रोज़ छह बजे उठता हूँ. I get up at six every day.
  • आज मैं पाँच बजे उठी. Today I got up at five.
  • कल मैं सात बजे उठूँगा. Tomorrow I'll get up at seven.

Hindi · Advanced Level 3

  • मैं रोज़ छह बजे उठता हूँ. I get up at six every day.
  • आज मैं पाँच बजे उठी. Today I got up at five.
  • कल मैं सात बजे उठूँगा. Tomorrow I'll get up at seven.

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