तंग आना (tang aanaa)

verb तंग आना (tang aanaa) is a fixed expression meaning to become fed up or exhausted with someone or something, built from तंग (tang, 'tight/distressed') plus आना (aanaa, 'to come'). It is closely tied to the transitive तंग करना (tang karnaa, 'to bother/harass') -- one is what happens to you, the other is what someone does to you.
Sense 1 : to become fed up, exasperated, or worn out (with someone/something)
verb, intransitive The source of annoyance is marked with से: किसी बात से तंग आना (kisii baat se tang aanaa, 'to become fed up with something'). It is almost always heard with गया/गई/गए to mark the change of state, e.g. वह तंग आ गया (vah tang aa gayaa, 'he got fed up').
Synonyms: ऊब जाना (oob jaanaa), आजिज़ आना (aajiz aanaa, literary), परेशान हो जाना (pareshaan ho jaanaa)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the phrase you'll hear from an exasperated parent, shopkeeper, or friend at the end of their patience -- बस, अब तो तंग आ गया हूँ! (bas, ab to tang aa gayaa hoon, 'Enough, now I'm fed up!'). Its transitive partner तंग करना (tang karnaa) is what a naughty child does to earn that reaction, so the two are worth learning as a pair.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for को where से is needed -- it is किसी से तंग आना (kisii se tang aanaa), not किसी को तंग आना. 2) Since it looks like a two-word verb, learners sometimes add ने in the past -- correct is मैं तंग आ गया (main tang aa gayaa, 'I got fed up'), never मैंने तंग आया. 3) Do not confuse this with तंग करना (tang karnaa), which means someone else is doing the bothering, not you feeling fed up.
Sample Sentences:
मैं तुमसे तंग आ गया हूँ। I'm fed up with you.
(main tumse tang aa gayaa hoon।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बस, अब तो तंग आ गया हूँ! Enough, now I'm fed up!
(bas, ab to tang aa gayaa hoon!)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
वह रोज़ की लड़ाई से तंग आ गई थी। She had become fed up with the daily fighting.
(vah roz kii ladaaii se tang aa gaii thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
हम उसकी बहानेबाज़ी से तंग आते जा रहे हैं। We're steadily getting fed up with his excuse-making.
(ham uskii bahaanebaazii se tang aate jaa rahe hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इतना शोर सुनकर कोई भी तंग आ जाएगा। Anyone would get fed up hearing so much noise.
(itnaa shor sunkar koii bhii tang aa jaaegaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
अगर वह ऐसा ही करता रहा तो मैं तंग आ जाऊँगी। If he keeps doing this, I'll get fed up.
(agar vah aisaa hii kartaa rahaa to main tang aa jaaoongii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
अगर वह हर बार झूठ बोलता तो मैं कब का तंग आ चुकी होती। If he lied every single time, I would have been fed up long ago.
(agar vah har baar jhooth boltaa to main kab kaa tang aa chukii hotii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
ग्राहकों की शिकायतों से दुकानदार तंग आ गया। The shopkeeper got fed up with the customers' complaints.
(graahkon kii shikaayton se dukaandaar tang aa gayaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
पापा उसकी शरारतों से इतना तंग आ गए कि उसे डाँट दिया। Papa got so fed up with his mischief that he scolded him.
(paapaa uskii sharaarton se itnaa tang aa gae ki use daant diyaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम अभी तक इस काम से तंग नहीं आए? Haven't you gotten fed up with this work yet?
(kyaa tum abhii tak is kaam se tang nahiin aae?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
प्रबंधन को उम्मीद है कि कर्मचारी इस व्यवस्था से तंग आकर सुधार की माँग करेंगे। Management hopes that employees, fed up with this system, will demand reform.
(prabandhan ko ummiid hai ki karmchaarii is vyavasthaa se tang aakar sudhaar kii maang karenge।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
जनता भ्रष्टाचार से तंग आ चुकी है। The public has become thoroughly fed up with corruption.
(jantaa bhrashtaachaar se tang aa chukii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Verb
infinitive: तंग आना (tang aanaa)
infinitive oblique: तंग आने (tang aane)
habitual/simple (sg.m): तंग आता (tang aataa)
habitual/simple (pl.m): तंग आते (tang aate)
habitual/simple (sg.f): तंग आती (tang aatii)
habitual/simple (pl.f): तंग आतीं (tang aatiin)
continuous (sg.m): तंग आ रहा (tang aa rahaa)
continuous (pl.m): तंग आ रहे (tang aa rahe)
continuous (sg.f): तंग आ रही (tang aa rahii)
continuous (pl.f): तंग आ रहीं (tang aa rahiin)
perfective (sg.m): तंग आया (tang aayaa)
perfective (pl.m): तंग आए (tang aae)
perfective (sg.f): तंग आई (tang aaii)
perfective (pl.f): तंग आईं (tang aaiin)
imperative (informal): तंग आ (tang aa)
imperative (neutral): तंग आओ (tang aao)
imperative (formal): तंग आइए (tang aaie)
future (1sg.m): तंग आऊँगा (tang aaoongaa)
future (1sg.f): तंग आऊँगी (tang aaoongii)
future (1pl.m): तंग आएँगे (tang aaenge)
future (1pl.f): तंग आएँगी (tang aaengii)
future (2sg.m): तंग आएगा (tang aaegaa)
future (2sg.f): तंग आएगी (tang aaegii)
future (2pl.m): तंग आओगे (tang aaoge)
future (2pl.f): तंग आओगी (tang aaogii)
future (3sg.m): तंग आएगा (tang aaegaa)
future (3sg.f): तंग आएगी (tang aaegii)
future (3pl.m): तंग आएँगे (tang aaenge)
future (3pl.f): तंग आएँगी (tang aaengii)
subjunctive (1sg): तंग आऊँ (tang aaoon)
subjunctive (1pl): तंग आएँ (tang aaen)
subjunctive (2sg): तंग आए (tang aae)
subjunctive (2pl): तंग आओ (tang aao)
subjunctive (3sg): तंग आए (tang aae)
subjunctive (3pl): तंग आएँ (tang aaen)