चोट लगना (chot lagnaa)
verb
A compound expression built from चोट (chot, 'injury/hurt') plus लगना (lagnaa, the involuntary 'to strike/affect' verb); it covers both physical injury and emotional hurt, always framing the hurt as something that happens to the person rather than something they do.
Sense
1
:
to get physically hurt/injured
verb, intransitive The person who gets hurt is marked with को (ko): मुझे चोट लगी (mujhe chot lagii, 'I got hurt'). The body part or cause can be added with पर (par) or से (se): पैर पर चोट लगी (pair par chot lagii, 'got hurt on the leg').
Synonyms: ज़ख्मी होना (zakhmii honaa), घायल होना (ghaayal honaa, slightly more formal)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the classic 'involuntary verb' pattern in Hindi -- injury is treated like hunger or sleep, something that arrives and befalls you (को (ko) + verb), not something you actively do. A worried mother's first question after a fall is almost always चोट तो नहीं लगी? (chot to nahiin lagii?, 'you didn't get hurt, did you?').
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to make the hurt person the subject with ने (ne), producing मैंने चोट लगी (mainne chot lagii) -- wrong; the correct dative-subject frame is मुझे चोट लगी (mujhe chot lagii), since the injury happens *to* you, you don't perform it. 2) Confusing चोट लगना (chot lagnaa) with चोट पहुँचाना (chot pahunchaanaa) or चोट देना (chot denaa) -- the latter two are transitive, 'to cause hurt to someone else.'
Sample Sentences:
गिरते वक्त उसके घुटने में चोट लग गई।
He got hurt on his knee while falling.
(girte vakt uske ghutne men chot lag gaii।)
चोट तो नहीं लगी?
You didn't get hurt, did you?
(chot to nahiin lagii?)
साइकिल से गिरने पर बच्चों को अक्सर चोट लग जाती है।
Children often get hurt when they fall off a bicycle.
(saaikil se girne par bachchon ko aksar chot lag jaatii hai।)
देखो, कहीं चोट न लग जाए।
Watch out, so that you don't end up getting hurt.
(dekho, kahiin chot n lag jaae।)
अगर तुम सीढ़ियों से कूदते तो तुम्हें ज़रूर चोट लगती।
If you had jumped down the stairs, you would definitely have gotten hurt.
(agar tum siidhiyon se koodte to tumhen zaroor chot lagtii।)
मैच के दौरान खिलाड़ी को पैर में गहरी चोट लग गई।
The player got a deep injury to his leg during the match.
(maich ke dauraan khilaadii ko pair men gahrii chot lag gaii।)
सड़क पार करते हुए ध्यान रखना, चोट लग सकती है।
Be careful while crossing the road, you could get hurt.
(sadak paar karte hue dhyaan rakhnaa, chot lag saktii hai।)
दुर्घटना में तीन लोगों को गंभीर चोटें लगी हैं।
Three people have sustained serious injuries in the accident.
(durghatnaa men tiin logon ko gambhiir choten lagii hain।)
अगर हेलमेट नहीं पहना होता, तो सिर में गंभीर चोट लग सकती थी।
If he hadn't worn a helmet, he could have gotten a serious head injury.
(agar helmet nahiin pahnaa hotaa, to sir men gambhiir chot lag saktii thii।)
काम करते समय मशीन से मज़दूर के हाथ में चोट लग गई थी।
The laborer's hand had gotten injured by the machine while working.
(kaam karte samay mashiin se mazdoor ke haath men chot lag gaii thii।)
बर्फ पर फिसलकर उसे कमर में चोट लगेगी, ऐसा सबको डर था।
Everyone was afraid that he would hurt his back by slipping on the ice.
(barph par phisalkar use kamar men chot lagegii, aisaa sabko dar thaa।)
Sense
2
:
to feel emotionally hurt/wounded
verb, intransitive Same को (ko)-marked frame as the physical sense: उसकी बात से मुझे चोट लगी (uskii baat se mujhe chot lagii, 'his words hurt me'), with the cause marked by से (se).
Synonyms: बुरा लगना (buraa lagnaa), दुःख होना (duhkh honaa, somewhat more formal/literary)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Here चोट (chot) extends the 'wound' metaphor from body to heart -- Hindi speakers talk about दिल पर चोट लगना (dil par chot lagnaa, 'to be struck on the heart') the same way English speakers say something 'wounded' them, showing how naturally the physical injury frame carries over to emotional pain.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes reach for बुरा लगना (buraa lagnaa) as a blanket substitute, but चोट लगना (chot lagnaa) implies a deeper, more wounding hurt (like betrayal or insult), not mere mild annoyance.
Sample Sentences:
उसकी बात सुनकर मुझे बहुत चोट लगी।
Hearing what he said hurt me a lot.
(uskii baat sunkar mujhe bahut chot lagii।)
उसकी बेरुखी से मेरे दिल पर चोट लगी।
His indifference wounded my heart.
(uskii berukhii se mere dil par chot lagii।)
छोटी-छोटी बातों पर उसे जल्दी चोट लग जाती है।
He gets hurt easily over small things.
(chhotii-chhotii baaton par use jaldii chot lag jaatii hai।)
मुझे उम्मीद है कि मेरी बात से उसे चोट न लगे।
I hope what I said doesn't hurt her.
(mujhe ummiid hai ki merii baat se use chot n lage।)
अगर वह ऐसा कहता तो मुझे बहुत चोट लगती।
If he had said that, it would have hurt me deeply.
(agar vah aisaa kahtaa to mujhe bahut chot lagtii।)
उसके ताने से उसे गहरी चोट लगी होगी।
His taunt must have wounded her deeply.
(uske taane se use gahrii chot lagii hogii।)
ऐसी बातें मत कहो, किसी को चोट लग सकती है।
Don't say things like that, it could hurt someone.
(aisii baaten mat kaho, kisii ko chot lag saktii hai।)
जब सबके सामने उसकी बेइज़्ज़ती हुई, तो उसे बहुत चोट लगी।
When he was humiliated in front of everyone, it hurt him deeply.
(jab sabke saamne uskii beizztii huii, to use bahut chot lagii।)
उसे इस बात की चोट अब भी लग रही है।
This still hurts him even now.
(use is baat kii chot ab bhii lag rahii hai।)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
चोट लगना
(chot lagnaa)
infinitive oblique:
चोट लगने
(chot lagne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
चोट लगता
(chot lagtaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
चोट लगते
(chot lagte)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
चोट लगती
(chot lagtii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
चोट लगतीं
(chot lagtiin)
continuous (sg.m):
चोट लग रहा
(chot lag rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
चोट लग रहे
(chot lag rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
चोट लग रही
(chot lag rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
चोट लग रहीं
(chot lag rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
चोट लगा
(chot lagaa)
perfective (pl.m):
चोट लगे
(chot lage)
perfective (sg.f):
चोट लगी
(chot lagii)
perfective (pl.f):
चोट लगीं
(chot lagiin)
imperative (informal):
चोट लग
(chot lag)
imperative (neutral):
चोट लगो
(chot lago)
imperative (formal):
चोट लगिए
(chot lagie)
future (1sg.m):
चोट लगूँगा
(chot lagoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
चोट लगूँगी
(chot lagoongii)
future (1pl.m):
चोट लगेंगे
(chot lagenge)
future (1pl.f):
चोट लगेंगी
(chot lagengii)
future (2sg.m):
चोट लगेगा
(chot lagegaa)
future (2sg.f):
चोट लगेगी
(chot lagegii)
future (2pl.m):
चोट लगोगे
(chot lagoge)
future (2pl.f):
चोट लगोगी
(chot lagogii)
future (3sg.m):
चोट लगेगा
(chot lagegaa)
future (3sg.f):
चोट लगेगी
(chot lagegii)
future (3pl.m):
चोट लगेंगे
(chot lagenge)
future (3pl.f):
चोट लगेंगी
(chot lagengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
चोट लगूँ
(chot lagoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
चोट लगें
(chot lagen)
subjunctive (2sg):
चोट लगे
(chot lage)
subjunctive (2pl):
चोट लगो
(chot lago)
subjunctive (3sg):
चोट लगे
(chot lage)
subjunctive (3pl):
चोट लगें
(chot lagen)