The past: gaya, gayi, gaye
The past here is an ending on the verb, and it knows the speaker’s gender. "I went" of a man is main gaya, of a woman main gayi; "we went" is hum gaye. The pronoun itself may be dropped: the ending says who speaks, and the language drops the link verb in the past altogether. For example: “کل ہم بازار گئے” — Yesterday we went to the bazaar. A rule from the Urdu course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a…
How it works
The past here is an ending on the verb, and it knows the speaker’s gender. "I went" of a man is main gaya, of a woman main gayi; "we went" is hum gaye. The pronoun itself may be dropped: the ending says who speaks, and the language drops the link verb in the past altogether.
The same works without a person: baarish hui — the rain happened; der ho gayi — it became late. Events are gendered too: the rain is feminine, and its "happened" sounds hui.
Negation adds nahin before the verb: main nahin gaya — I did not go. The order stays: who, what, verb at the end.
Table
| who speaks | man | woman |
|---|---|---|
| I went | میں گیا — main gaya | میں گئی — main gayi |
| you went | تم گیا — tum gaya | تم گئی — tum gayi |
| he / she went | وہ گیا — woh gaya | وہ گئی — woh gayi |
| we went | ہم گئے — hum gaye | ہم گئیں — hum gayein |
| I did not go | میں نہیں گیا | میں نہیں گئی |
By example
- کل ہم بازار گئےkal hum bazar gaeYesterday we went to the bazaar
- بارش ہوئیbarish huiIt rained
- بہت دیر ہو گئیbehot der ho gaiIt has grown very late
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Urdu past tense gaya gayi?
The past here is an ending on the verb, and it knows the speaker’s gender. "I went" of a man is main gaya, of a woman main gayi; "we went" is hum gaye. The pronoun itself may be dropped: the ending says who speaks, and the language drops the link verb in the past altogether.
How to say i went in urdu?
The past here is an ending on the verb, and it knows the speaker’s gender. "I went" of a man is main gaya, of a woman main gayi; "we went" is hum gaye. The pronoun itself may be dropped: the ending says who speaks, and the language drops the link verb in the past altogether.
Baarish hui meaning?
The same works without a person: baarish hui — the rain happened; der ho gayi — it became late. Events are gendered too: the rain is feminine, and its "happened" sounds hui.
Urdu verb gender in past tense?
The past here is an ending on the verb, and it knows the speaker’s gender. "I went" of a man is main gaya, of a woman main gayi; "we went" is hum gaye. The pronoun itself may be dropped: the ending says who speaks, and the language drops the link verb in the past altogether.
What does it look like in a Urdu example sentence?
“کل ہم بازار گئے” (kal hum bazar gae) — Yesterday we went to the bazaar. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.