आसान (aasaan)

adjective A single-sense adjective meaning 'easy, simple' -- straightforward and one of the most commonly used adjectives in everyday Hindi.
Sense 1 : easy, simple, not difficult
adjective
Synonyms: सरल (saral, slightly more formal/written), सहज (sahaj, natural/effortless nuance)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You'll hear आसान (aasaan) constantly paired with लगना (lagnaa) in the dative-subject pattern -- मुझे आसान लगता है (mujhe aasaan lagtaa hai, 'it seems easy to me') -- which reflects the Hindi habit of framing difficulty or ease as something that happens *to* you rather than a quality you actively judge. It also shows up in the common saying कहना आसान है, करना मुश्किल (kahnaa aasaan hai, karnaa mushkil, 'it's easy to say, hard to do'), a very natural bit of everyday wisdom.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to make आसान (aasaan) agree with gender/number like कड़ा (kadaa) -- it does not change form. 2) Confused with सरल (saral): आसान (aasaan) is the everyday spoken choice, while सरल (saral) leans slightly more written/formal, though both are widely understood. 3) Learners sometimes say यह काम आसान करता है (yah kaam aasaan kartaa hai) trying to mean 'this makes the task easy,' when the natural construction is आसान बनाना (aasaan banaanaa, 'to make easy') or use of the dative-subject pattern with लगना (lagnaa), e.g. मुझे यह आसान लगता है (mujhe yah aasaan lagtaa hai, 'this seems easy to me').
Sample Sentences:
यह सवाल बहुत आसान है। This question is very easy.
(yah savaal bahut aasaan hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मुझे यह काम आसान लगता है। This work seems easy to me.
(mujhe yah kaam aasaan lagtaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कहना आसान है, करना मुश्किल। It's easy to say, hard to do.
(kahnaa aasaan hai, karnaa mushkil।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पहले यह परीक्षा इतनी आसान नहीं थी। This exam wasn't this easy before.
(pahle yah pariikshaa itnii aasaan nahiin thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर तुम मन लगाकर पढ़ते तो यह विषय तुम्हें आसान लगता। If you had studied attentively, this subject would have seemed easy to you.
(agar tum man lagaakar padhte to yah vishay tumhen aasaan lagtaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
इसे थोड़ा और आसान बनाओ। Make it a little easier.
(ise thodaa aur aasaan banaao।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
शायद यह रास्ता ज़्यादा आसान हो। Perhaps this route might be easier.
(shaayad yah raastaa zyaadaa aasaan ho।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
नई तकनीक से यह प्रक्रिया आसान बना दी गई है। This process has been made easy with the new technology.
(naii takniik se yah prakriyaa aasaan banaa dii gaii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
क्या आपको हिंदी बोलना आसान लगता है? Do you find it easy to speak Hindi?
(kyaa aapko hindii bolnaa aasaan lagtaa hai?)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कल का पेपर आज से ज़्यादा आसान होगा। Tomorrow's paper will be easier than today's.
(kal kaa pepar aaj se zyaadaa aasaan hogaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
उसके लिए दूसरों पर भरोसा करना कभी आसान नहीं रहा। Trusting others has never been easy for him.
(uske lie doosron par bharosaa karnaa kabhii aasaan nahiin rahaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant: आसान (aasaan)