दर्द करना (dard karnaa)
verb
A common conjunct-verb pattern meaning 'to hurt/ache' -- built from दर्द (dard, 'pain') plus करना (karnaa), but used intransitively/impersonally with a को-marked experiencer rather than as a normal transitive 'do' construction.
Sense
1
:
to hurt, to ache (a body part)
verb, intransitive Used with a को-marked experiencer and the body part as subject: मुझे सिर दर्द कर रहा है (mujhe sir dard kar rahaa hai, 'my head is hurting'). Despite the verb करना (karnaa), the construction behaves impersonally -- the pain is the grammatical subject, not something the person 'does'.
Synonyms: दर्द होना (dard honaa, more common alternative), दुखना (dukhnaa, single-word verb for body parts aching)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: In everyday Delhi speech you will hear both पेट दर्द कर रहा है (pet dard kar rahaa hai, 'my stomach is aching') and पेट में दर्द हो रहा है (pet men dard ho rahaa hai) used almost interchangeably by the same speaker in the same conversation -- Hindi is comfortable letting pain be described either as an action the body part performs or a state that simply occurs to you. This fits the broader pattern where physical sensations (nींद आना niind aanaa for sleep, भूख लगना bhookh lagnaa for hunger) are framed as things that happen to you rather than things you do.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often say मैं दर्द कर रहा हूँ (main dard kar rahaa hoon) treating 'I' as the subject who 'does' the pain -- instead the body part or दर्द (dard) itself is the subject, and the person takes को (ko): मुझे पैर में दर्द कर रहा है (mujhe pair men dard kar rahaa hai). 2) In casual speech, दर्द होना (dard honaa) is heard at least as often as दर्द करना (dard karnaa) for the same meaning, and learners sometimes assume only one is correct.
Sample Sentences:
मेरा सिर दर्द कर रहा है।
My head is aching.
(meraa sir dard kar rahaa hai।)
क्या तुम्हारा पेट अभी भी दर्द कर रहा है?
Is your stomach still hurting?
(kyaa tumhaaraa pet abhii bhii dard kar rahaa hai?)
कल रातभर मेरी कमर दर्द करती रही।
My back kept hurting all night yesterday.
(kal raatbhar merii kamar dard kartii rahii।)
ज़्यादा चलने से उसके पैर दर्द करने लगे।
His legs started aching from walking too much.
(zyaadaa chalne se uske pair dard karne lage।)
अगर तुम इतनी देर तक स्क्रीन देखोगे, तो तुम्हारी आँखें दर्द करेंगी।
If you keep looking at the screen this long, your eyes will hurt.
(agar tum itnii der tak skriin dekhoge, to tumhaarii aankhen dard karengii।)
सर्दियों में मेरे जोड़ हमेशा दर्द करते हैं।
In winter my joints always ache.
(sardiyon men mere jod hameshaa dard karte hain।)
अगर मैं रातभर पढ़ता, तो सुबह मेरा सिर ज़रूर दर्द करता।
If I had studied all night, my head would definitely have ached in the morning.
(agar main raatbhar padhtaa, to subah meraa sir zaroor dard kartaa।)
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि हो सकता है कुछ दिन तक घुटना दर्द करे।
The doctor said the knee might hurt for a few days.
(doktar ne kahaa ki ho saktaa hai kuchh din tak ghutnaa dard kare।)
इतना मत रोओ, बाद में तुम्हारा गला दर्द करेगा।
Don't cry so much, your throat will hurt later.
(itnaa mat roo, baad men tumhaaraa galaa dard karegaa।)
बुज़ुर्गों के शरीर में अक्सर कोई न कोई हिस्सा दर्द करता रहता है।
In elderly people's bodies, some part or the other often keeps aching.
(buzurgon ke shariir men aksar koii n koii hissaa dard kartaa rahtaa hai।)
पूरे दिन खड़े रहने के बाद उसकी पीठ बहुत दर्द कर रही थी।
After standing all day, her back was hurting a lot.
(poore din khade rahne ke baad uskii piith bahut dard kar rahii thii।)
Morphology
Verb (irregular)
infinitive:
दर्द करना
(dard karnaa)
infinitive oblique:
दर्द करने
(dard karne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
दर्द करता
(dard kartaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
दर्द करते
(dard karte)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
दर्द करती
(dard kartii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
दर्द करतीं
(dard kartiin)
continuous (sg.m):
दर्द कर रहा
(dard kar rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
दर्द कर रहे
(dard kar rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
दर्द कर रही
(dard kar rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
दर्द कर रहीं
(dard kar rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
दर्द किया
(dard kiyaa)
perfective (pl.m):
दर्द किए
(dard kie)
perfective (sg.f):
दर्द की
(dard kii)
perfective (pl.f):
दर्द कीं
(dard kiin)
imperative (informal):
दर्द कर
(dard kar)
imperative (neutral):
दर्द करो
(dard karo)
imperative (formal):
दर्द कीजिए
(dard kiijie)
future (1sg.m):
दर्द करूँगा
(dard karoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
दर्द करूँगी
(dard karoongii)
future (1pl.m):
दर्द करेंगे
(dard karenge)
future (1pl.f):
दर्द करेंगी
(dard karengii)
future (2sg.m):
दर्द करेगा
(dard karegaa)
future (2sg.f):
दर्द करेगी
(dard karegii)
future (2pl.m):
दर्द करोगे
(dard karoge)
future (2pl.f):
दर्द करोगी
(dard karogii)
future (3sg.m):
दर्द करेगा
(dard karegaa)
future (3sg.f):
दर्द करेगी
(dard karegii)
future (3pl.m):
दर्द करेंगे
(dard karenge)
future (3pl.f):
दर्द करेंगी
(dard karengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
दर्द करूँ
(dard karoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
दर्द करें
(dard karen)
subjunctive (2sg):
दर्द करे
(dard kare)
subjunctive (2pl):
दर्द करो
(dard karo)
subjunctive (3sg):
दर्द करे
(dard kare)
subjunctive (3pl):
दर्द करें
(dard karen)