वाढता / वाढती

Describing with the -ता Form

Level 5Sounds Like vāḍhatā / vāḍhatī

The form agrees with the noun and takes -त्या before an ending: वाढत्या उन्हामुळे.

How It Works

The -ता form is the verb stem plus -ता. It works like an adjective, so it takes the gender of its noun.

NounFormExample
Masculine-तावाढता प्रभाव (growing influence)
Feminine-तीवाढती महागाई (rising prices)
Neuter-तेवाढते प्रदूषण (growing pollution)
Before an ending-त्यावाढत्या उन्हामुळे (because of the rising heat)

The plural of a feminine noun also ends in -त्या: वाढत्या किमती. The plural of a masculine noun ends in -ते: वाढते दर (rising rates). The plural of a neuter noun ends in -ती: वाढती झाडे (growing trees).

The form describes a change that is under way. उगवता सूर्य is the sun that is rising now, धावती ट्रेन is a train that is running, and बदलता काळ is a time that keeps changing. It names the process; the -णारा form names a person or thing that does the action, now, by habit or soon.

Some phrases with this form are fixed: चालता-बोलता, वाहते पाणी, जळते घर.

A finished action takes -लेला, as in थांबलेली गाडी (a train that has stopped).

Examples (5)

  1. वाढती महागाई सर्वसामान्यांना त्रास देत आहे.

    Rising prices are troubling ordinary people.

    वाढती agrees with the feminine noun महागाई.

  2. शहरातील वाढते प्रदूषण चिंतेचा विषय आहे.

    The growing pollution in the city is a cause for concern.

    वाढते agrees with the neuter noun प्रदूषण.

  3. वाढत्या उन्हामुळे नागरिकांनी दुपारी बाहेर पडणे टाळावे.

    Because of the rising heat, citizens should avoid going out at noon.

    वाढत्या is the form before the ending -मुळे.

  4. उगवत्या सूर्याला नमस्कार करून आजोबा रोज फिरायला जातात.

    After greeting the rising sun, Grandfather goes for a walk every day.

    उगवत्या takes the oblique form before -ला.

  5. धावत्या ट्रेनमधून उतरू नये.

    Do not get off a moving train.

    धावत्या describes a train that is moving now.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the masculine form with a feminine noun.

    वाढता महागाई सर्वसामान्यांना त्रास देत आहे.
    वाढती महागाई सर्वसामान्यांना त्रास देत आहे.

    महागाई is feminine, so the form ends in -ती.

  • Leaving the form unchanged before an ending.

    वाढते उन्हामुळे नागरिकांनी बाहेर पडू नये.
    वाढत्या उन्हामुळे नागरिकांनी बाहेर पडू नये.

    Before -मुळे or any other ending, the form becomes -त्या.

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वाढता / वाढतीLevel 5Describing with the -ता Form

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