6.7: Verbs
Verb Video
Instructor Video: Verb
Verb is an action word. Like all languages, Hindi verbs can be classified in three categories.
a) Intransitive verbs: Verbs that require only one noun and that noun can be the subject or object of a sentence. For example: Walk, Swim, Sleep, etc.
b) Transitive verbs: Verbs that require two nouns. One acts as a subject and other as an object. For example: Eat, Drink, Read, etc.
c) Di-transitive verb: Verbs that require three nouns. Nouns acts as a subject, indirect object and direct object in a sentence. For example: Give, Send, Receive, etc.
List of Commonly Used Verbs
| English | verb type | Hindi | English | verb type | Hindi |
| To do | tran. | करना | To learn | tran. | सीखना |
| To go | intran. | जाना | To converse | tran. | बात करना |
| To come | intran. | आना | To laugh | intran. | हँसना |
| To turn | intran. | मुड़ना | To cry/weep | intran. | रोना |
| To reach | intran. | पहुँचना | To feel | tran. | महसूस करना |
| To return | intran. | लौटना | To use | tran. | उपयोग करना |
| To run | intran. | दौड़ना | To wait | tran. | इंतज़ार करना |
| To practice | tran. | अभ्यास करना | To remember | tran. | याद करना |
| To exercise | tran. | कसरत करना | To end | tran. | खत्म करना |
| To eat | tran. | खाना | To clean | tran. | साफ़ करना |
| To make food | tran. | खाना बनाना | To open | tran. | खोलना |
| To drink | tran. | पीना | To shut down | tran. | बंद करना |
| To die | intran. | मरना | To explain | ditran. | समझाना |
| To stand up | intran. | खड़ा होना | To buy | ditran. | खरीदना |
| To sit down | intran. | बैठना | To sell | ditran. | बेचना |
| To sleep | intran. | सोना | To see/watch | tran. | देखना |
| To wake uo | intran. | जागना | To wash | tran. | धोना |
| To rest | tran. | आराम करना | To want | tran. | चाहना |
| To read/study | tran. | पढ़ना | To receive | tran. | प्राप्त करना |
| To teach | tran. | पढ़ाना | To plan | tran. | योजना बनाना |
| To write | tran. | लिखना | To keep | tran. | रखना |
| To speak | tran. | बोलना | To tour | tran. | सैर करना |
| To ask | ditran. | पूछना | To ride | tran. | सवारी करना |
| To say | tran. | कहना | To take | ditran. | लेना |
| To listen | tran. | सुनना | To give | ditran. | देना |
| To answer | tran. | उत्तर देना | To forgive | tran. | माफ़ करना |
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