A Door Into Hindi: Lesson 2

2. The verb होना and auxiliary verbs

3. Verb infinitive and verb root

4. Present imperfect tense

5.Present Progressive Tense

6."To Want To V"

7. Postpositions (Prevew)

8. "To a place"

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2.6

"To Want To V"

This is the formula for "to want to V" (where V is any verb):

Verb (infinitive form) + चाहना (conjugated) + Auxiliary verb.

Remember that in Lesson 1 we learned that the verbal phrase always comes at the end of the sentence, and that nothing should come after the conjugated verb. Thus the infinitive verb in this construction must come before the conjugated verb.

Example (with both present imperfect and present progressive tenses):

Subject	object/modifiers (if any)	Verb (infinitive form)	चाहना (conjugated)	Auxiliary verb
I	this necklace	to buy	want	[am].
मैं	यह हार	ख़रीदना	चाहती	हूँ।
I	this necklace	to buy	wanting	[am].
मैं	यह हार	ख़रीदना	चाह रही	हूँ।

Additional examples:

What do you (f) want to buy?	आप क्या ख़रीदना चाहती हैं?
I want to go to the Qutub Minar.	मैं क़ुतुब मीनार जाना चाहता हूँ।
I want to eat.	मैं खाना चाहता हूँ।

See Snell's Teach Yourself Hindi (2000)
Section 10.3 page 127