present tense present tense of hona (to be): main hun   I am tu hai   you are (intimate) yah hai   this, he, she, it is vah hai   that, he, she, it is ham hain   we are tum ho   you are (familiar) ap hain   you are (respect) ye hain   these, they are ve hain   those, they are Present Imperfect The present imperfect is used for habitual actions. It is formed by adding ta, te, or ti to the stem of the verb followed by the present tense of hona. Below are shown the forms in the masculine. The feminine forms can be constructed by replacing bolta and bolte with bolti. main bolta hun   I speak tu bolta hai   you speak (intimate) yah bolta hai   this, he, it speaks vah bolta hai   that, he, it speaks ham bolte hain   we speak tum bolte ho   you speak (familiar) ap bolte hain   you speak (respect) ye bolte hain   these, they speak ve bolte hain   those, they speak Present Continuous The present continuous is used for ongoing actions -- like the "-ing" form in English. It is formed like this: stem + raha/rahe/rahi + present tense of hona Below are shown the forms in the masculine. The feminine forms can be constructed by replacing raha and rahe with rahi. main bol raha hun   I am speaking tu bol raha hai   you are speaking (intimate) yah bol raha hai   this, he, it is speaking vah bol raha hai   that, he, it is speaking ham bol rahe hain   we are speaking tum bol rahe ho   you are speaking (familiar) ap bol rahe hain   you are speaking (respect) ye bol rahe hain   these, they are speaking ve bol rahe hain   those, they are speaking Past tense Past tense of hona (to be): main tha / thi   I was tu tha / thi   you were (intimate) yah tha / thi    this, he, she, it was vah tha / thi   that, he, she, it was ham the / thin   we were tum the / thin   you were (familiar) ap the / thin   you were (respect) ye the / thin   these, they were ve the / thin   those, they were (The slash seperates masculine and feminine forms) Past Imperfect The past imprefect is used for habitual actions in the past. It is formed like the present imperfect but with the past tense of hona instead of the present tense. Below are shown the forms in the masculine. The feminine forms can be constructed by replacing bolta and bolte with bolti, replacing tha with thi, and the with thin. main bolta tha   I used to speak tu bolta tha   you used to speak (intimate) yah bolta tha   this, he, it used to speak vah bolta tha   that, he, it used to speak ham bolte the   we used to speak tum bolte the   you used to speak (familiar) ap bolte the   you used to speak (respect) ye bolte the   these, they used to speak ve bolte the   those, they used to speak Past Continuous The past continuous is used for ongoing actions in the past -- like the "-ing" form in English. It is formed like this: stem + raha/rahe/rahi + past tense of hona Below are shown the forms in the masculine. The feminine forms can be constructed by replacing raha and rahe with rahi, replacing tha with thi, and the with thin. main bol raha tha   I was speaking tu bol raha tha   you were speaking (intimate) yah bol raha tha   this, he, it was speaking vah bol raha tha   that, he, it was speaking ham bol rahe the   we were speaking tum bol rahe the   you were speaking (familiar) ap bol rahe the   you were speaking (respect) ye bol rahe the   these, they were speaking ve bol rahe the   those, they were speaking Future Tense Future Imperfect The future imprefect is used to refer to the future as well as to make assumptions about the presents (just like in English). It is formed by adding unga/i, ega/i, enge/i, or oge/i to the stem. Below are shown the forms in the masculine. The feminine forms can be constructed by replacing the ending a or e with i. main bolunga   I will speak tu bolega   you will speak (intimate) yah bolega   this, he, it will speak vah bolega   that, he, it will speak ham bolenge   we will speak tum bologe   you will speak (familiar) ap bolenge   you will speak (respect) ye bolenge   these, they will speak ve bolenge   those, they will speak Future Continuous The future continuous is used to refer to ongoing actions in the future. It is formed as the present imperfect but with the future of raha instead of hona. Below are shown the forms in the masculine. The feminine forms can be constructed by replacing the ending a or e with i in both verbs. main bolta rahunga   I will be speaking tu bolta rahega   you will be speaking (intimate) yah bolta rahega   this, he, it will be speaking vah bolta rahega   that, he, it will be speaking ham bolte rahenge   we will be speaking tum bolte rahoge   you will be speaking (familiar) ap bolte rahenge   you will be speaking (respect) ye bolte rahenge   these, they will be speaking ve bolte rahenge   those, they will be speaking Imperative There are three different imperatives in Hindi: tu, tum, and ap imperative. The tu imperative is the stem itself The tum imperative is the stem + o The ap imperative is the stem + ie or iye Examples: pani la   bring water (intimate) pani lao   bring water (familiar) pani laie   bring water (respect) The imperatives are made negative by adding mat, na, or nahin. Use mat with the tu imperative. Use mat or na with the tum imperative. Use na or nahin with the ap imperative. Examples: vahan mat ja   don't go there (intimate) vahan na jao   don't go there (familiar) vahan nahin jaie   don't go there (respect)