
👉 Definition:
to + V1 (base verb) = Infinitive
👉 Hindi पहचान:
ना / ने / नी / करना
✔ Example:
To read is good.
👉 पढ़ना अच्छा है
👉 to + V1
| Example |
|---|
| to eat |
| to go |
👉 सिर्फ V1 (to नहीं)
| Example |
|---|
| go, eat, play |
| Example |
|---|
| To learn English is important. |
👉 Note: modern English में “It” use ज्यादा होता है
✔ It is important to learn English.
| Example |
|---|
| I want to learn English. |
| She decided to go. |
👉 “क्यों?” का answer देता है
| Example |
|---|
| He came to meet me. |
| I study to succeed. |
| Example |
|---|
| I am happy to help you. |
| She is ready to go. |
| Example |
|---|
| I don’t know what to do. |
| She told me how to solve it. |
| Verb | Example |
|---|---|
| want | I want to go. |
| decide | He decided to study. |
| plan | She plans to travel. |
| promise | He promised to help. |
| agree | They agreed to come. |
👉 बिना “to” के use होता है
| Example |
|---|
| can go |
| must work |
| will come |
| Verb | Structure |
|---|---|
| let | let + object + V1 |
| make | make + object + V1 |
| see/hear | see/hear + object + V1 |
| Sentence |
|---|
| Let me go. |
| He made me laugh. |
| I saw him play. |
👉 to be + V3
| Example |
|---|
| I want to be respected. |
👉 to have + V3
| Example |
|---|
| He seems to have finished. |
👉 to be + V1+ing
| Example |
|---|
| He seems to be working. |
👉 to have been + V1+ing
| Example |
|---|
| He seems to have been working. |
| Verb | Gerund | Infinitive |
|---|---|---|
| like | I like reading. | I like to read. |
| love | She loves dancing. | She loves to dance. |
| Verb | Gerund Meaning | Infinitive Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| stop | stop doing | stop to do |
| remember | past | future |
| try | experiment | effort |
👉 too + adj + to + V1
✔ Example:
He is too weak to walk.
👉 adj + enough + to + V1
✔ Example:
He is strong enough to fight.
| Pattern | Example |
|---|---|
| It + be + adj + to + V1 | It is easy to learn. |
| noun + to + V1 | I have work to do. |
| verb + object + to + V1 | I told him to go. |
👉 not + to + V1
✔ Example:
I decided not to go.
👉 to + adverb + verb
✔ Example:
to quickly run
👉 modern English में allowed है ✅
✔ Infinitive = to + V1
✔ Modal → bare infinitive
✔ Preposition → gerund (NOT infinitive) ❗
❌ Incorrect: interested to learn
✔ Correct: interested in learning
👉 “क्यों?” का answer = infinitive
👉 “क्या करना?” = infinitive
👉 Preposition के बाद = gerund
👉 Infinitive = to + V1
👉 Purpose, object, adjective, verbs के बाद use
👉 Bare infinitive = modal, let, make