उलटी करना (ultii karnaa)
verb
A common everyday phrase meaning 'to vomit' -- built from उलटी (ultii, 'vomit/reverse') plus करना (karnaa, 'to do'). One core sense.
Sense
1
:
to vomit
verb, transitive उलटी (ultii) acts as the object noun in this verb-noun compound; the subject is a plain nominative agent, not को-marked as with उलटी आना (ultii aanaa).
Synonyms: क़ै करना (qai karnaa, more clinical/old-fashioned), उलटी आना (ultii aanaa, involuntary variant -- 'vomit comes')
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi speakers often prefer the gentler उलटी आना (ultii aanaa) construction in polite conversation, especially about children or illness, since it doesn't suggest the person did it on purpose. उलटी करना (ultii karnaa) is common in doctor-patient talk and everyday complaints, e.g. describing food poisoning or motion sickness on a hill drive.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for उलटी आना (ultii aanaa) and उलटी करना (ultii karnaa) interchangeably, but they frame the event differently: उलटी आना (ultii aanaa) treats vomiting as something that happens to you (दातिजी को उलटी आ रही है (daatijii ko ultii aa rahii hai, 'she feels like vomiting/is vomiting'), को-marked, involuntary), while उलटी करना (ultii karnaa) frames it as something the subject actively does. 2) In the past tense, this being a transitive-looking compound with करना (karnaa), learners sometimes forget it still takes ने (ne) marking on the subject, e.g. उसने उलटी की (usne ultii kii, 'he/she vomited').
Sample Sentences:
बच्चे ने खाना खाकर उलटी कर दी।
The child threw up after eating food.
(bachche ne khaanaa khaakar ultii kar dii।)
पहाड़ी रास्ते पर वह बस में उलटी करता रहा।
He kept throwing up in the bus on the hill road.
(pahaadii raaste par vah bas men ultii kartaa rahaa।)
डॉक्टर ने पूछा, "क्या आपने रात में उलटी की थी?"
The doctor asked, "Did you throw up at night?"
(doktar ne poochhaa, "kyaa aapne raat men ultii kii thii?")
खराब खाना खाने के बाद कई लोग उलटी करते हैं।
Many people throw up after eating spoiled food.
(kharaab khaanaa khaane ke baad kaii log ultii karte hain।)
अगर तुम्हें ज़बरदस्ती खिलाया जाए, तो शायद तुम उलटी कर दो।
If you're force-fed, you might end up throwing up.
(agar tumhen zabardastii khilaayaa jaae, to shaayad tum ultii kar do।)
प्लीज़ गाड़ी में उलटी मत करना, बैग रख लिया है।
Please don't throw up in the car, I've kept a bag ready.
(pliiz gaadii men ultii mat karnaa, baig rakh liyaa hai।)
अगर मैंने वह मीठी दवा पी होती, तो मैं ज़रूर उलटी कर देता।
If I had drunk that sweet medicine, I definitely would have thrown up.
(agar mainne vah miithii davaa pii hotii, to main zaroor ultii kar detaa।)
फूड पॉइज़निंग की वजह से मरीज़ को बार-बार उलटी करनी पड़ी।
Because of food poisoning, the patient had to throw up repeatedly.
(phood poizning kii vajah se mariiz ko baar-baar ultii karnii padii।)
शराब ज़्यादा पीने से उसने रातभर उलटी की।
From drinking too much alcohol, he threw up all night.
(sharaab zyaadaa piine se usne raatbhar ultii kii।)
Morphology
Verb (irregular)
infinitive:
उलटी करना
(ultii karnaa)
infinitive oblique:
उलटी करने
(ultii karne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
उलटी करता
(ultii kartaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
उलटी करते
(ultii karte)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
उलटी करती
(ultii kartii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
उलटी करतीं
(ultii kartiin)
continuous (sg.m):
उलटी कर रहा
(ultii kar rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
उलटी कर रहे
(ultii kar rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
उलटी कर रही
(ultii kar rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
उलटी कर रहीं
(ultii kar rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
उलटी किया
(ultii kiyaa)
perfective (pl.m):
उलटी किए
(ultii kie)
perfective (sg.f):
उलटी की
(ultii kii)
perfective (pl.f):
उलटी कीं
(ultii kiin)
imperative (informal):
उलटी कर
(ultii kar)
imperative (neutral):
उलटी करो
(ultii karo)
imperative (formal):
उलटी कीजिए
(ultii kiijie)
future (1sg.m):
उलटी करूँगा
(ultii karoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
उलटी करूँगी
(ultii karoongii)
future (1pl.m):
उलटी करेंगे
(ultii karenge)
future (1pl.f):
उलटी करेंगी
(ultii karengii)
future (2sg.m):
उलटी करेगा
(ultii karegaa)
future (2sg.f):
उलटी करेगी
(ultii karegii)
future (2pl.m):
उलटी करोगे
(ultii karoge)
future (2pl.f):
उलटी करोगी
(ultii karogii)
future (3sg.m):
उलटी करेगा
(ultii karegaa)
future (3sg.f):
उलटी करेगी
(ultii karegii)
future (3pl.m):
उलटी करेंगे
(ultii karenge)
future (3pl.f):
उलटी करेंगी
(ultii karengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
उलटी करूँ
(ultii karoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
उलटी करें
(ultii karen)
subjunctive (2sg):
उलटी करे
(ultii kare)
subjunctive (2pl):
उलटी करो
(ultii karo)
subjunctive (3sg):
उलटी करे
(ultii kare)
subjunctive (3pl):
उलटी करें
(ultii karen)