Passive Voice: All Tenses
निष्क्रिय वाच्य: सभी काल
English builds every passive tense from the same be + past participle pattern, only ever changing be. Hindi's own passive works in a surprisingly similar way: it uses जाना (to go) as an auxiliary next to a participle, and it's जाना that shifts tense while the participle itself stays fixed — one of the rare places where English and Hindi grammar line up almost directly.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
Only the auxiliary changes tense; the participle stays fixed — in both languages
is built (present) / was built (past) / has been built (present perfect) / will be built (future) — built never changes, only be does
बनाया जाता है / बनाया गया था / बनाया गया है / बनाया जाएगा — बनाया कभी नहीं बदलता, सिर्फ़ जाना बदलता है
Hindi's passive is formed with the past participle of the main verb (बनाया) plus a conjugated form of जाना, and it's जाना alone that carries the tense — बनाया जाता है (is built), बनाया गया था (was built), बनाया गया है (has been built), बनाया जाएगा (will be built). English does exactly the same trick with be instead of जाना: the past participle (built, written, seen) never changes at all, and only be shifts to whatever tense the sentence needs. Once you know a verb's participle in either language, you can build its passive in any tense just by changing the auxiliary.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- Hindi (English explanations)
- बनाया जाता हैbanāyā jātā hai
- Hindi (English explanations)
- बनाया गया थाbanāyā gayā thā
- Hindi (English explanations)
- बनाया गया हैbanāyā gayā hai
- Hindi (English explanations)
- बनाया जाएगाbanāyā jāegā