भाना (bhaanaa)
verb
A verb meaning 'to seem pleasing/agreeable to' -- it almost always appears with a dative (को-marked) experiencer, like लगना (lagnaa) and पसंद आना (pasand aanaa), and is most common in its negative form.
Sense
1
:
to be pleasing, to appeal (to someone)
verb, intransitive Takes a को-marked experiencer: X को Y भाता है (X ko Y bhaataa hai, 'X finds Y pleasing') -- the thing that pleases is the grammatical subject, and the verb agrees with it, not with the person it pleases.
Synonyms: पसंद आना (pasand aanaa), अच्छा लगना (achchhaa lagnaa)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: You will hear this most in slightly reflective or old-fashioned speech -- someone saying किसी को कुछ नहीं भाता (kisii ko kuchh nahiin bhaataa, 'nothing appeals to someone') to describe a sulky mood or a picky eater, with a gentle, almost storytelling tone rather than everyday chit-chat register.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for पसंद आना (pasand aanaa) or अच्छा लगना (achchhaa lagnaa) instead, since भाना (bhaanaa) is less common in casual speech and can sound slightly literary or old-fashioned in the affirmative. 2) भाना (bhaanaa) is heard far more often in the negative -- न भाना (n bhaanaa) or नहीं भाना (nahiin bhaanaa) -- describing something that fails to sit right with someone, than in plain positive statements.
Sample Sentences:
मुझे यह जगह बहुत भाती है।
This place appeals to me a lot.
(mujhe yah jagah bahut bhaatii hai।)
उसे आजकल कुछ भी नहीं भाता।
Nothing appeals to him these days.
(use aajkal kuchh bhii nahiin bhaataa।)
बचपन में मुझे यह गाना बहुत भाता था।
In my childhood, this song used to appeal to me a lot.
(bachpan men mujhe yah gaanaa bahut bhaataa thaa।)
उसे वह सादगी भा गई।
That simplicity won her over.
(use vah saadgii bhaa gaii।)
पता नहीं क्यों, मुझे यह शहर नहीं भाता।
I don't know why, but this city just doesn't appeal to me.
(pataa nahiin kyon, mujhe yah shahar nahiin bhaataa।)
अगर उसे यह प्रस्ताव भाए, तो वह हाँ कह देगी।
If this proposal appeals to her, she will say yes.
(agar use yah prastaav bhaae, to vah haan kah degii।)
काश उसे यह घर भाता, तो हम यहीं रह जाते।
If only this house had appealed to him, we would have stayed right here.
(kaash use yah ghar bhaataa, to ham yahiin rah jaate।)
बुढ़िया को न मिठाई भाती थी, न फल, न कोई और चीज़।
Nothing appealed to the old woman -- not sweets, not fruit, not anything else.
(budhiyaa ko n mithaaii bhaatii thii, n phal, n koii aur chiiz।)
किसी को कुछ नहीं भाता, जब मन उदास हो।
Nothing appeals to a person when the heart is heavy.
(kisii ko kuchh nahiin bhaataa, jab man udaas ho।)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
भाना
(bhaanaa)
infinitive oblique:
भाने
(bhaane)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
भाता
(bhaataa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
भाते
(bhaate)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
भाती
(bhaatii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
भातीं
(bhaatiin)
continuous (sg.m):
भा रहा
(bhaa rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
भा रहे
(bhaa rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
भा रही
(bhaa rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
भा रहीं
(bhaa rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
भाया
(bhaayaa)
perfective (pl.m):
भाए
(bhaae)
perfective (sg.f):
भाई
(bhaaii)
perfective (pl.f):
भाईं
(bhaaiin)
imperative (informal):
भा
(bhaa)
imperative (neutral):
भाओ
(bhaao)
imperative (formal):
भाइए
(bhaaie)
future (1sg.m):
भाऊँगा
(bhaaoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
भाऊँगी
(bhaaoongii)
future (1pl.m):
भाएँगे
(bhaaenge)
future (1pl.f):
भाएँगी
(bhaaengii)
future (2sg.m):
भाएगा
(bhaaegaa)
future (2sg.f):
भाएगी
(bhaaegii)
future (2pl.m):
भाओगे
(bhaaoge)
future (2pl.f):
भाओगी
(bhaaogii)
future (3sg.m):
भाएगा
(bhaaegaa)
future (3sg.f):
भाएगी
(bhaaegii)
future (3pl.m):
भाएँगे
(bhaaenge)
future (3pl.f):
भाएँगी
(bhaaengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
भाऊँ
(bhaaoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
भाएँ
(bhaaen)
subjunctive (2sg):
भाए
(bhaae)
subjunctive (2pl):
भाओ
(bhaao)
subjunctive (3sg):
भाए
(bhaae)
subjunctive (3pl):
भाएँ
(bhaaen)