Fiji Hindi/Verbs

Verbs in Fiji Hindi clearly distinguish the language from Standard Hindi. Verbs are a koine of all major Eastern Hindi dialects, namely, Awadhi, Bhojpuri and Magahi and also borrows from Urdu.

The tense structure of verbs is demonstrated below, using khelo (to play) as an example and it is also compare to Standard Hindi.

Tense	Fiji Hindi	English	Standard Hindi
Simple Present	Ham kheli Ham log kheli Tum khelo Tum log khelo Uu khele Uu log khele	I play We play You play You play He/She plays They play	Maen kheltaa huun Ham khelte haen Aap khelte haen Aap khelte haen Wah kheltaa hae Weh khelte haen
Present progressive (continuous)	Ham kheltaa hae Ham log kheltaa hae Tum kheltaa hae Tum log kheltaa hae Uu khele hae Uu log khele hae	I am playing We are playing You are playing You are playing He/She is playing They are playing	Maen khel rahaa huun Ham khel rahe haen Aap khel rake haen Aap khel rahe haen Wah khel rahaa/rahii hae Weh khel rahe haen
Present perfect	Ham khelaa hae Ham log khelaa hae Tum khelaa hae Tum log khelaa hae Uu khelis hae Uu logan khelin hae	I have played We have played You have played You have played He/She has played They have played	Maen khelaa hae Ham khelaa haen Aap/Tum khelaa haen Aap/Tum khelaa haen Wah khel rahaa/rahii hae Weh khel rahe haen
Present perfect progressive (continuous)	Ham khelte hae Ham log khelte hae Tum khelte hae Tum log khelte hae Uu khelte hae Uu logan khelte hae	I have been playing We have been playing You (singular) have been playing You (plural) have been playing He/She has been playing They have been playing	Example
Simple past	Ham khelaa Ham log khelaa Tum khelaa Tum log khelaa Uu khelis Uu logan khelin	I played We played You (singular) played You (plural) played He/She played They played	Example
Past progressive (continuous)	Ham kheltaa rahaa Ham log kheltaa rahaa Tum kheltaa rahaa Tum log kheltaa rahaa Uu khelat rahis Uu logan khelat rahin	I was playing We were playing You (singular) were playing You (plural) were playing He/She was playing They were playing	Example
Past perfect	Ham khelaa rahaa Ham log khelaa rahaa Tum khelaa rahaa Tum log khelaa rahaa Uu khele rahis Uu logan khele rahin	I had played We had played You (singular) had played You (plural) had played He/She had played They had played	Example
Past perfect progressive (continuous)	Ham kheltaa rahaa Ham log kheltaa rahaa Tum kheltaa rahaa Tum log kheltaa rahaa Uu khelat rahis Uu logan khelat rahin	I had ben playing We had been playing You (singular) had been playing You (plural) had been playing He/She had been playing They had been playing	Example
Simple future	Ham khelegaa Ham log khelegaa Tum khelegaa Tum log khelegaa Uu kheli Uu logan kheli	I will play We will play You (singular) will play You (plural) will play He/She will play They will play	Example
Future progressive continuous	Ham khelte rahegaa Ham log khelte rahegaa Tum khelte rahegaa Tum khelte rahegaa Uu khelte rahii Uu logan khelte rahii	I will be playing We will be playing You (singular) will be playing You (plural) will be playing He/She will be playing They will be playing	Example
Future perfect	Ham khel lia hogaa Ham log khel lia hogaa Tum khel lia hogaa Tum khel lia hogaa Uu khel lie hoi Uu logan khel lia hoi	I will have played We will have played You (singular) will have played You (plural) will have played He/She will have played They will have played	Example
Future perfect progressive continuous)	Ham kheltaa hogaa Ham log kheltaa hogaa Tum kheltaa hogaa Tum kheltaa hogaa Uu khelte hoi Uu logan khelte hoi	I will have been playing We will have been playing You (singular) will have been playing You (plural) will have been playing He/She will have been playing They will have been playing	Example
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Exception

• Verbs with "ao" and "io" diphthong endings (e.g. khao, pio, bahao) or those made up of two letters, ie a consonat and "o" (e.g. bo) or a digraph and "o" (e.g. dho), have "-ya" ending for first and second person past tense. Examples:

Ham khaya (I ate)

Tum khaya (You ate)

Ham piya (I drank)

Tum piya (You drank)

Ham boya (I planted)

Yum boya (You planted)

Ham dhoya (I carried)

Tum dhoya (You carried)

• Verbs with "eo" diphthing ending, have "-iya" ending for first and second person past tense. Example:

Ham liya (I took)

Tum liya (You took)

• The verb jao (go) chnages to ga in past tense, examples:

Ham gaya (I went)

Uu gais (He/She went)

• There is a tendency to remove consonant clusters. For example , the present continuous of badlo (change) is badaltaa (am changing)