लदना (ladnaa)
verb
A physical verb meaning 'to be loaded' -- describing goods, luggage, or weight being piled onto a vehicle, animal, or person; also used figuratively for being 'laden' with something (work, debt, guilt). Related to the transitive लादना (laadnaa, 'to load'), which is a separate lemma.
Sense
1
:
to be loaded, be piled on (goods, luggage)
verb, intransitive Takes पर (par) for the vehicle/surface: सामान ट्रक पर लदा (saamaan trak par ladaa, 'the goods were loaded onto the truck').
Synonyms: भरना (bharnaa)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will hear this constantly around Delhi's mandis and on the highway: trucks piled absurdly high with सब्ज़ी (sabzii, 'vegetables') or गन्ना (gannaa, 'sugarcane') are described as लदा हुआ (ladaa huaa, 'all loaded up'), often with a tone of amazement at how much weight was stacked on.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners reach for the transitive लादना (laadnaa) when the subject is the goods themselves rather than the person doing the loading -- सामान लदा (saamaan ladaa, 'the goods got loaded') is the natural phrasing, not a passive construction with लादना (laadnaa).
Sample Sentences:
ट्रक पर गन्ना लदा हुआ है।
The truck is loaded with sugarcane.
(trak par gannaa ladaa huaa hai।)
मंडी में हर गाड़ी पर सब्ज़ी लदी हुई थी।
In the mandi, every cart was piled up with vegetables.
(mandii men har gaadii par sabzii ladii huii thii।)
इतना सामान लद गया कि ट्रक का टायर दब गया।
So much stuff got loaded on that the truck's tire got squashed.
(itnaa saamaan lad gayaa ki trak kaa taayar dab gayaa।)
देखो, कितना माल लदा है इस ट्रॉली पर!
Look how much stuff is loaded on this trolley!
(dekho, kitnaa maal ladaa hai is trolii par!)
हाईवे पर रोज़ इतना सामान लदी हुई गाड़ियाँ दिखती हैं कि यकीन नहीं होता।
On the highway, you see vehicles loaded with so much stuff every day that it's hard to believe.
(haaiive par roz itnaa saamaan ladii huii gaadiyaan dikhtii hain ki yakiin nahiin hotaa।)
अगर सामान इतना ज़्यादा लदता तो गाड़ी बीच रास्ते में ही रुक जाती।
If so much stuff had been loaded on, the vehicle would have stopped right in the middle of the way.
(agar saamaan itnaa zyaadaa ladtaa to gaadii biich raaste men hii ruk jaatii।)
जब तक सारा माल न लद जाए, ट्रक नहीं चलेगा।
Until all the goods are loaded, the truck won't move.
(jab tak saaraa maal n lad jaae, trak nahiin chalegaa।)
गोदाम से निकलते समय हर ट्रक पर बोरियाँ लदी होती हैं।
When leaving the warehouse, every truck has sacks loaded on it.
(godaam se nikalte samay har trak par boriyaan ladii hotii hain।)
फल-सब्ज़ी की रेहड़ी पर इतना माल लद जाता है कि धकेलना मुश्किल हो जाता है।
So much load gets piled on the fruit-and-vegetable cart that it becomes hard to push.
(phal-sabzii kii rehdii par itnaa maal lad jaataa hai ki dhakelnaa mushkil ho jaataa hai।)
सुबह-सुबह ही ट्रैक्टर पर गन्ना लदने लगा था।
The sugarcane had already started getting loaded onto the tractor early in the morning.
(subah-subah hii traiktar par gannaa ladne lagaa thaa।)
Sense
2
:
to be laden, burdened (figurative, with weight/debt/emotion)
verb, intransitive Common in the participial form लदा हुआ (ladaa huaa) used adjectivally: कर्ज़ में लदा हुआ (karz men ladaa huaa, 'laden with debt').
Synonyms: दबना (dabnaa, burdened, of debt/pressure)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: Just as a truck gets लदा हुआ (ladaa huaa) with sacks of grain, a person can be described the same way when weighed down by कर्ज़ (karz, 'debt') or ज़िम्मेदारियाँ (zimmedaariyaan, 'responsibilities') -- the image of physical overloading carries straight over into emotional and financial burden.
Sample Sentences:
वह कर्ज़ से लदा हुआ है।
He is laden with debt.
(vah karz se ladaa huaa hai।)
शादी के बाद वह ज़िम्मेदारियों से लद गया।
After the wedding, he became laden with responsibilities.
(shaadii ke baad vah zimmedaariyon se lad gayaa।)
बेचारी माँ घर के काम और बच्चों की फ़िक्र से लदी रहती है।
The poor mother stays laden with housework and worry for the children.
(bechaarii maan ghar ke kaam aur bachchon kii fikr se ladii rahtii hai।)
अगर तुम इतने कर्ज़ से न लदे होते, तो इतनी टेंशन नहीं होती।
If you weren't laden with so much debt, you wouldn't have so much tension.
(agar tum itne karz se n lade hote, to itnii tenshan nahiin hotii।)
उम्मीद है वह इन ज़िम्मेदारियों से इतना न लद जाए कि खुद को भूल जाए।
I hope he doesn't get so laden with these responsibilities that he forgets himself.
(ummiid hai vah in zimmedaariyon se itnaa n lad jaae ki khud ko bhool jaae।)
किसान बरसों से कर्ज़ में लदे हुए हैं, फिर भी हार नहीं मानते।
The farmers have been laden with debt for years, yet they don't give up.
(kisaan barson se karz men lade hue hain, phir bhii haar nahiin maante।)
उसका मन गिल्ट से लदा हुआ था, पर वह किसी से कह नहीं पाया।
His heart was laden with guilt, but he couldn't tell anyone.
(uskaa man gilt se ladaa huaa thaa, par vah kisii se kah nahiin paayaa।)
इतनी सारी उम्मीदों से लदा हुआ इंसान आख़िर कब तक टिकेगा?
How long can a person laden with so many expectations really hold on?
(itnii saarii ummiidon se ladaa huaa insaan aakhir kab tak tikegaa?)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
लदना
(ladnaa)
infinitive oblique:
लदने
(ladne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
लदता
(ladtaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
लदते
(ladte)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
लदती
(ladtii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
लदतीं
(ladtiin)
continuous (sg.m):
लद रहा
(lad rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
लद रहे
(lad rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
लद रही
(lad rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
लद रहीं
(lad rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
लदा
(ladaa)
perfective (pl.m):
लदे
(lade)
perfective (sg.f):
लदी
(ladii)
perfective (pl.f):
लदीं
(ladiin)
imperative (informal):
लद
(lad)
imperative (neutral):
लदो
(lado)
imperative (formal):
लदिए
(ladie)
future (1sg.m):
लदूँगा
(ladoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
लदूँगी
(ladoongii)
future (1pl.m):
लदेंगे
(ladenge)
future (1pl.f):
लदेंगी
(ladengii)
future (2sg.m):
लदेगा
(ladegaa)
future (2sg.f):
लदेगी
(ladegii)
future (2pl.m):
लदोगे
(ladoge)
future (2pl.f):
लदोगी
(ladogii)
future (3sg.m):
लदेगा
(ladegaa)
future (3sg.f):
लदेगी
(ladegii)
future (3pl.m):
लदेंगे
(ladenge)
future (3pl.f):
लदेंगी
(ladengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
लदूँ
(ladoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
लदें
(laden)
subjunctive (2sg):
लदे
(lade)
subjunctive (2pl):
लदो
(lado)
subjunctive (3sg):
लदे
(lade)
subjunctive (3pl):
लदें
(laden)