Questions & Answers about मैं अब दवा लूँगी।
What does each word in मैं अब दवा लूँगी mean?
A word-by-word breakdown is:
- मैं = I
- अब = now
- दवा = medicine
- लूँगी = will take (said by a female speaker)
So the sentence structure is basically:
I + now + medicine + will take
Hindi usually puts the verb at the end.
Why is the verb लूँगी used here?
लूँगी is the future tense form of the verb लेना (to take).
In this sentence, लूँगी means I will take and specifically shows that the speaker is female.
So:
- मैं ... लूँगी = I will take (female speaker)
- base verb: लेना = to take
This form is very common in Hindi: the main verb changes to match the speaker’s gender in many tenses.
What would a male speaker say instead?
A male speaker would say:
मैं अब dवा लूँगा।
The only change is:
- लूँगी = I will take (female)
- लूँगा = I will take (male)
So the sentence changes according to the speaker’s gender, not the listener’s.