बोर होना (bor honaa)
verb
A colloquial hybrid expression borrowed from English 'bore' plus होना (honaa, 'to be/become'), used to say someone is or gets bored. Very common in casual conversation among younger and urban speakers.
Sense
1
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to become/be bored
verb, intransitive बोर (bor) functions as an invariant predicative adjective borrowed from English; होना (honaa) supplies the tense/agreement, agreeing with the subject in the usual way (बोर होना, बोर हुई, बोर हो गया, etc.).
Synonyms: ऊबना (oobnaa)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is a classic Hindi-English hybrid you'll hear constantly in Delhi -- friends complaining यार, बहुत बोर हो रहा हूँ (yaar, bahut bor ho rahaa hoon, 'dude, I'm so bored') on a lazy Sunday afternoon. It sits comfortably in casual speech alongside the more 'pure' Hindi ऊबना (oobnaa), which feels a touch more literary or formal by comparison.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to conjugate बोर (bor) itself (like an adjective agreeing directly) instead of just changing होना (honaa) -- the borrowed word बोर (bor) never changes form, only होना (honaa) inflects. 2) Many learners default to plain होना (honaa) when native speakers would prefer the compound हो जाना (ho jaanaa) to mark the moment boredom sets in, e.g. मैं बोर हो गया (main bor ho gayaa, 'I got bored') rather than मैं बोर हुआ (main bor huaa).
Sample Sentences:
यार, बहुत बोर हो रहा हूँ।
Dude, I'm so bored.
(yaar, bahut bor ho rahaa hoon।)
इतवार को घर पर कुछ नहीं करते तो बोर हो जाते हैं।
If we don't do anything at home on Sunday, we get bored.
(itvaar ko ghar par kuchh nahiin karte to bor ho jaate hain।)
पूरी फिल्म में मैं बोर हो गया।
I got bored during the whole movie.
(poorii philm men main bor ho gayaa।)
क्लास में मत बोर हो, ध्यान से सुन।
Don't get bored in class, listen carefully.
(klaas men mat bor ho, dhyaan se sun।)
अगर तू भी होता तो तू भी बोर हो जाता।
If you had been there too, you would have gotten bored too.
(agar too bhii hotaa to too bhii bor ho jaataa।)
शायद वो मीटिंग में बोर हो रही हो।
Maybe she's getting bored in the meeting.
(shaayad vo miiting men bor ho rahii ho।)
बच्चे अकेले खेलते-खेलते बोर हो जाते हैं।
The kids get bored playing alone after a while.
(bachche akele khelte-khelte bor ho jaate hain।)
मैं कल रातभर बोर होता रहा, कुछ समझ नहीं आया कि क्या करूँ।
Yesterday I kept being bored all night, I couldn't figure out what to do.
(main kal raatbhar bor hotaa rahaa, kuchh samajh nahiin aayaa ki kyaa karoon।)
अगले हफ्ते की छुट्टियों में तो हम बोर हो जाएंगे।
During next week's holidays we're going to get bored for sure.
(agle haphte kii chhuttiyon men to ham bor ho jaaenge।)
उसकी बातों से सब बोर हो चुके थे, फिर भी वो बोलता ही रहा।
Everyone was already bored with his talk, but he kept on talking anyway.
(uskii baaton se sab bor ho chuke the, phir bhii vo boltaa hii rahaa।)
इस काम में बोर होना तो लाज़मी है, इसमें कुछ नया नहीं है।
Getting bored with this work is only natural, there's nothing new in it.
(is kaam men bor honaa to laazmii hai, ismen kuchh nayaa nahiin hai।)
Morphology
Verb (irregular)
infinitive:
बोर होना
(bor honaa)
infinitive oblique:
बोर होने
(bor hone)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
बोर होता
(bor hotaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
बोर होते
(bor hote)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
बोर होती
(bor hotii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
बोर होतीं
(bor hotiin)
continuous (sg.m):
बोर हो रहा
(bor ho rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
बोर हो रहे
(bor ho rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
बोर हो रही
(bor ho rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
बोर हो रहीं
(bor ho rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
बोर हुआ
(bor huaa)
perfective (pl.m):
बोर हुए
(bor hue)
perfective (sg.f):
बोर हुई
(bor huii)
perfective (pl.f):
बोर हुईं
(bor huiin)
imperative (informal):
बोर हो
(bor ho)
imperative (neutral):
बोर होओ
(bor hoo)
imperative (formal):
बोर होइए
(bor hoie)
future (1sg.m):
बोर होऊँगा
(bor hooongaa)
future (1sg.f):
बोर होऊँगी
(bor hooongii)
future (1pl.m):
बोर होंगे
(bor honge)
future (1pl.f):
बोर होंगी
(bor hongii)
future (2sg.m):
बोर होगा
(bor hogaa)
future (2sg.f):
बोर होगी
(bor hogii)
future (2pl.m):
बोर होओगे
(bor hooge)
future (2pl.f):
बोर होओगी
(bor hoogii)
future (3sg.m):
बोर होगा
(bor hogaa)
future (3sg.f):
बोर होगी
(bor hogii)
future (3pl.m):
बोर होंगे
(bor honge)
future (3pl.f):
बोर होंगी
(bor hongii)
subjunctive (1sg):
बोर होऊँ
(bor hooon)
subjunctive (1pl):
बोर हों
(bor hon)
subjunctive (2sg):
बोर हो
(bor ho)
subjunctive (2pl):
बोर होओ
(bor hoo)
subjunctive (3sg):
बोर हो
(bor ho)
subjunctive (3pl):
बोर हों
(bor hon)