Now that we have some basic pronouns and grammar rules under our belts, we can start to expand our vocabulary of verbs. Here are some verbs that you'll be hearing very often in daily Urdu conversation:
- hona = to be
- karna = to do
- jaana = to go
- aana = to come
- kaana = to eat
- peena = to drink
- dekhna = to see
- sunna = to hear, to listen to
- saamajhna = to understand
- bataana = to tell
Notice that all of these verbs end with "na". To conjugate these verbs in the present habitual tense, we replace the "na" with the appropriate suffix, as outlined
in our last lesson. Here are a few examples:
- aap kaam karte hain = you (do) work
- voh paanee peeti hai = she drinks water
- main school jaata hoon = I go to school
- ham saamajhte hain = we understand
In cases where the context makes it obvious who the verb is referring to, the pronoun is often left out:
- kaam karte hain = you (do) work
- paanee peeti hai = she drinks water
- school jaata hoon = I go to school
- saamajhte hain = we understand
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