लगना
Seeming, Feeling and Taking Time
लगना = seem, feel, or take time: यह मुश्किल लगता है (It seems hard).
How It Works
लगना is one of the busiest verbs in Hindi. Learn it as a set of patterns:
| Use | Example | English |
|---|---|---|
| like | मुझे चाय अच्छी लगती है | I like tea |
| seem, look | आप थके हुए लगते हैं | you look tired |
| feel | मुझे भूख लगी है | I'm hungry |
| take time | घर पहुँचने में एक घंटा लगा | it took an hour to get home |
| think | मुझे लगता है कि वह आएगा | I think he'll come |
Who agrees. The person who feels something takes को and does not control the verb. लगना agrees with the thing: मुझे चाय अच्छी लगती है uses अच्छी लगती because चाय is feminine. With भूख, प्यास, ठंड and डर, the feeling itself is the subject: मुझे ठंड लग रही है.
Seeming. Without को, the thing that seems is the subject: यह मुश्किल लगता है (This seems hard).
Time. The amount of time is the subject: एक घंटा लगा, दो घंटे लगे.
Beginning. After a -ने form, लगना means began to: वह रोने लगा. That is a separate pattern.
Examples (5)
- मुझे यह किताब अच्छी लगती है।
I like this book.
अच्छी लगती agrees with feminine किताब.
- रीमा को भूख लगी है।
Reema is hungry.
लगी agrees with feminine भूख.
- आप थके हुए लगते हैं।
You look tired.
Here the person is the subject, so लगते agrees with आप.
- घर पहुँचने में एक घंटा लगा।
It took an hour to get home.
लगा agrees with एक घंटा.
- लगता है कि दुकान बंद है।
It looks like the shop is closed.
लगता है कि gives an impression.
Common Mistakes
Making the person the subject of like.
मैं यह किताब अच्छी लगती हूँ।मुझे यह किताब अच्छी लगती है।The person who likes takes को. The book is the subject, so the verb is लगती है.
Making लगना agree with the person.
मुझे यह किताब अच्छा लगता है।मुझे यह किताब अच्छी लगती है।मुझे cannot control the verb. किताब is feminine, so use अच्छी लगती.
How It Connects
Learn This First
लगना uses the को frame of feelings, in the habitual present and the past, for impressions and likes.
- मुझे बुख़ार हैExperiencing Feelings and States
Know the मुझे + feeling frame, which already uses लगना in मुझे भूख लगी है, since लगना puts the person who feels or judges in the को form: मुझे अच्छा लगता है.
Level 2 - -ता है / -ती है / -ते हैंPresent Habits and Routines
Use the habitual present of लगना, as in मुझे अच्छा लगता है and यह मुश्किल लगता है.
Level 1
Related Patterns
- -ने लगनाStarting to Do Something
After a -ने form, लगना means began to.
Level 3 - -ने मेंIn Doing Something
-ने में names the activity that takes time.
Level 3 - पसंद हैLiking Something
पसंद है is the other common way to say like.
Level 1 - कि + ClauseSaying What Someone Says or Thinks
मुझे लगता है कि means I think that.
Level 2
Words in This Pattern
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