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namasTe meraa naam preranaa hai. aap se milkar khushi hui.
Hi, My name is Prerana. Nice to meet you.
Welcome to HindiPod101.com’s “Hindi in 3 Minutes.” The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Hindi.
In the last lesson, we learned how to use Hindi adjectives.
In this lesson we will look at a common Hindi verb, one you will certainly hear all the time!
The first verb in our series will be jaana, which means "to go". Of course we will use this word along with many different destinations.
So imagine someone asks you Tum ravivaar ko kahaan ja rahe ho? This is an informal way to ask "Where are you going this Sunday?"
(slow)Tum ravivaar ko kahaan ja rahe ho?
Let’s say you are going to the beach. You can answer in Hindi main samuDraTat jaa rahaa hoon [slowly] main samuDra Tat jaa rahaa hoon
So let’s break down this answer:
First we have:
main which is "I"
samuDraTat which is “beach”
jaa rahaa which is like saying the phrase “I am going” when spoken by a man.
Last we have hoon, which is the verb to-be.
So now, let’s have an explanation. You simply say main + your destination+ jaa rahaa hoon , if you are a male.
If you are a female, jaa rahaa hoon becomes jaa rahii hoon and alltogether it becomes, main + your destination + jaa rahii hoon
You would say this if your destination is singular as in the case of “a beach”.
But, if you are going to a plural destination whether feminine or masculine -- for example mountains or forests -- you will need to add one word after the destination to connect it to the verb.
To say “I am going to the mountains”, you will need to place the word “mein,” which is similar to the English preposition “in” after the destination. Here the destination is pahadon or “mountains.” main pahadon mein jaa rahaa hoon.
This is what you would say if you are going to be “in” the mountains. If you are going to see something, you can actually add a word which means “to see”. In Hindi, this is Dekhne and it goes after the destination and before jaa rahaa hoon.
So to say, I am going to see the forts, you could say main kiley dekhne jaa rahaa hoon.
Or if you going to see the tall buildings, you’d say main oonchi imaarTen Dekhne ja raha hoon
Now it’s time for Prerana’s Points
In Hindi, we often say jaayen which is difficult to translate in English, and depends on the context. It is like an invitation which is something like “Should we go?” in English.
So what would you say if you want to invite your friend to go swimming with you? With a questioning tone you could say, Taerne jaayen? “Shall we go swimming?”
So, in this lesson, we learned how to use the verb jaana and to link it to destinations with the correct words.
In the next lesson, we’ll learn another very useful verb, karna.
Do you know what this Hindi verb means? I'll be waiting for you with the answer in the next Hindi in 3 Minutes lesson.
Phir milenge. See you then!

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