नींद आना (niind aanaa)
verb
A fixed noun-plus-verb pairing meaning 'to feel/fall sleepy' -- sleep is treated as something that arrives to you, not something you actively do. Closely related to नींद (niind, sleep) and आना (aanaa, to come).
Sense
1
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to feel sleepy, to fall asleep (sleep comes to someone)
verb, intransitive The experiencer is marked with को (ko): मुझे नींद आ रही है (mujhe niind aa rahii hai, 'I am feeling sleepy'). नींद (niind) is the grammatical subject and agrees with the verb आना (aanaa), not the person feeling sleepy.
Synonyms: सोने की इच्छा होना (sone kii ichchhaa honaa, longer descriptive phrase), झपकी आना (jhapkii aanaa, to get drowsy/doze off)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is a classic example of Hindi's 'body/sensation-as-agent' pattern, in the same family as भूख लगना (bhookh lagnaa, to feel hungry) and गुस्सा आना (gussaa aanaa, to get angry) -- the feeling arrives and you are simply its recipient, marked with को (ko) rather than being the active doer. English speakers have to unlearn the instinct to make 'I' the subject here.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try मैं सोना चाहता हूँ (main sonaa chaahtaa hoon) when they mean simply 'I'm sleepy' -- that phrase means 'I want to sleep' (a choice), while नींद आना (niind aanaa) describes the involuntary sensation itself. 2) The person who feels sleepy takes को (ko), not ने (ne) -- since नींद (niind) is the one doing the 'coming', not the person: मुझे नींद आई (mujhe niind aaii), never मैंने नींद आई.
Sample Sentences:
मुझे बहुत नींद आ रही है।
I'm feeling very sleepy.
(mujhe bahut niind aa rahii hai।)
रोज़ रात को दस बजे तक मुझे नींद आ जाती है।
Every night, I get sleepy by ten o'clock.
(roz raat ko das baje tak mujhe niind aa jaatii hai।)
कल रात मुझे बिल्कुल नींद नहीं आई।
Last night I couldn't fall asleep at all.
(kal raat mujhe bilkul niind nahiin aaii।)
इतनी लंबी बोरिंग मीटिंग में तो सबको नींद आएगी।
In such a long, boring meeting everyone will get sleepy.
(itnii lambii boring miiting men to sabko niind aaegii।)
अगर तुम इतना कॉफ़ी पीओगे तो तुम्हें नींद कैसे आएगी?
If you drink so much coffee, how will you get sleepy?
(agar tum itnaa kofii piioge to tumhen niind kaise aaegii?)
काश मुझे भी उसकी तरह जल्दी नींद आती।
I wish I fell asleep quickly like he does.
(kaash mujhe bhii uskii tarah jaldii niind aatii।)
अगर तू शांत कमरे में सोता तो तुझे जल्दी नींद आती।
If you slept in a quiet room, you would fall asleep quickly.
(agar too shaant kamre men sotaa to tujhe jaldii niind aatii।)
दवाई लेने के बाद उसे तुरंत नींद आ गई।
After taking the medicine, she fell asleep immediately.
(davaaii lene ke baad use turant niind aa gaii।)
शायद उसे थकान की वजह से नींद आ रही हो।
Maybe she's feeling sleepy because of tiredness.
(shaayad use thakaan kii vajah se niind aa rahii ho।)
उसे इतनी नींद आ रही थी कि वह खड़े-खड़े ही सो गया।
He was so sleepy that he fell asleep standing up.
(use itnii niind aa rahii thii ki vah khade-khade hii so gayaa।)
जब तक काम पूरा न हो जाए, मुझे नींद नहीं आनी चाहिए।
Until the work is done, I shouldn't fall asleep.
(jab tak kaam pooraa n ho jaae, mujhe niind nahiin aanii chaahie।)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
नींद आना
(niind aanaa)
infinitive oblique:
नींद आने
(niind aane)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
नींद आता
(niind aataa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
नींद आते
(niind aate)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
नींद आती
(niind aatii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
नींद आतीं
(niind aatiin)
continuous (sg.m):
नींद आ रहा
(niind aa rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
नींद आ रहे
(niind aa rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
नींद आ रही
(niind aa rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
नींद आ रहीं
(niind aa rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
नींद आया
(niind aayaa)
perfective (pl.m):
नींद आए
(niind aae)
perfective (sg.f):
नींद आई
(niind aaii)
perfective (pl.f):
नींद आईं
(niind aaiin)
imperative (informal):
नींद आ
(niind aa)
imperative (neutral):
नींद आओ
(niind aao)
imperative (formal):
नींद आइए
(niind aaie)
future (1sg.m):
नींद आऊँगा
(niind aaoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
नींद आऊँगी
(niind aaoongii)
future (1pl.m):
नींद आएँगे
(niind aaenge)
future (1pl.f):
नींद आएँगी
(niind aaengii)
future (2sg.m):
नींद आएगा
(niind aaegaa)
future (2sg.f):
नींद आएगी
(niind aaegii)
future (2pl.m):
नींद आओगे
(niind aaoge)
future (2pl.f):
नींद आओगी
(niind aaogii)
future (3sg.m):
नींद आएगा
(niind aaegaa)
future (3sg.f):
नींद आएगी
(niind aaegii)
future (3pl.m):
नींद आएँगे
(niind aaenge)
future (3pl.f):
नींद आएँगी
(niind aaengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
नींद आऊँ
(niind aaoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
नींद आएँ
(niind aaen)
subjunctive (2sg):
नींद आए
(niind aae)
subjunctive (2pl):
नींद आओ
(niind aao)
subjunctive (3sg):
नींद आए
(niind aae)
subjunctive (3pl):
नींद आएँ
(niind aaen)