হওঁ / হোৱা / হয়
Be and Become: হওঁ, হোৱা, হয়
হ “be, become” gives মই হওঁ, তুমি হোৱা and সি হয়; হয় also means “happens”, as in কি হয়? “what happens?”.
How It Works
The verb হ tells what someone becomes or what happens.
| Person | Form | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| মই | হওঁ | নহওঁ |
| তুমি | হোৱা | নোহোৱা |
| সি, তাই, আপুনি | হয় | নহয় |
Examples: চাওঁ কি হয় “let us see what happens” and পানী গৰম হয় “the water gets hot”.
The word হয় is also the short answer “yes”, which is a different use with its own topic.
The endings -ওঁ, -ৱা and -য় are the same as for খা, ল, ক and চা. The apostrophe appears in the future, as in হ’ব “will be”.
Examples (5)
- কি হয়?
What happens?
হয় is the সি form.
- চাওঁ কি হয়।
Let us see what happens.
হয় ends the clause.
- মই তাৰে নহওঁ।
I do not belong.
The negative is ন + হওঁ.
- তুমি সফল নোহোৱা।
You will not succeed.
The negative is নো + হোৱা. Here, as often with this verb, the negative present speaks about the future.
- পানী গৰম হয়।
The water gets hot.
হয় means “becomes” here.
How It Connects
Learn This First
হ “be, become” changes its stem the way খা does, so learners need খাওঁ first.
Related Patterns
- হ’ম / হ’বা / হ’বBeing or Becoming in the Future
This topic gives the future of the same verb, “will be” and “will become”.
Level 2 - হয় / অঁSaying Yes
হয় also means “yes”, which is a different use of the same word.
Level 1 - নহয়Saying What Something Is Not
নহয় is the negative “is not”.
Level 1 - গ’ল / হ’ল / আহিলThird-Person Past: -ল and -লে
হ’ল is the past of the same verb.
Level 3 - নকৰোঁ / নাখাওঁ / নিদিওঁNot Doing: The Prefix ন-
The negative prefix changes its vowel, as in নহওঁ and নোহোৱা.
Level 1
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.
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