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.