यूनिवर्सिटी ऑफ़ मिशिगन
The imminent future in -या चाह- .
          In older styles of written Hindi (as well as in eastern dialects) you will sometimes encounter a future tense made from the invariant (= masculine singular) past tense form of the verb followed by a finite form of  चाह.  The future referred to is imminent, one that is to come immediately after the present moment:
  1.  अब बोला ही चाहते हैं।
      '(It seemed as if) they were just on the verge of speaking.'
     (from Part Two of  ईदगाह by  प्रेमचन्द.  See context.)
  2.  बस,  मशक से पानी उड़ेला ही चाहता है.
      'Why he is just about to sprinkle water (onto the road) from his water bag.'
     (from Part Two of  ईदगाह by  प्रेमचन्द.  See context.)
For another use of the invariant (=masculine singular) form of the past tense see notes on V-या कर and the expression of the marked habitual.
To index of grammatical notes.
To index of  मल्हार.
Drafted and posted 11 Sep 2001.