A Door Into Hindi: Lesson 14

The perfect form of the verb is used to create the perfect tense, also called the simple past tense, as in the below examples:

राम बाज़ार गया।

Ram went to bazaar.

वह यहाँ कब आई?

When did she come here.

मधुबाला दुनिया से गई।

Madhubala passed away.

(Literally: Madhubala went from the world.)

मैं होटल में ठहरा।

I stayed in the hotel.

A.        वह मूवी देखने नहीं गई।

she didn’t go to see the movie.

See Snell's Teach Yourself Hindi (2000) Section 11.3 page 140