Language/Hindi/Vocabulary/Verb-“to-have-to”

Verb “to have to” in Hindi

Rule

The verb “to have to” or “must” is rendered in three different ways in Hindi:

• Tum ko jānā paṛegā?,

• Tum ko jānā hai? or

• Tum ko jānā cāhi(y)e?

However, each of these sentences reflects a particular situation.

• The first sentence implies that there is an obligation from a third party,

• the second includes a temporal factor, i.e. that the obligation will take place in the future,

• and only the third one is of general nature.

Examples

a) तुम्हें रेलवे स्टेशन जाना पड़ेगा ।

You will have to go to the railway station.

b) उसे अपनी जीविका चलाने के लिए गीत गाने पड़ते है ।

She has to sing songs for her living.

c) उसे स्टेशन पर अपने भाई का इन्तजार करना पड़ा ।

He had to wait for his brother at the station.

d) तुम्हें अपने पिता की सहायता करनी है ।

You have to help your father.