चोरी होना (chorii honaa)
verb
A compound formed from चोरी (chorii, 'theft') plus होना (honaa, 'to happen'), meaning 'to get stolen' -- the standard way Hindi describes a theft happening to an item, framing the object as undergoing the event rather than naming a thief.
Sense
1
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to be stolen, to get stolen
verb, intransitive The thing stolen is the grammatical subject and takes intransitive past-tense agreement (no ने): मेरी साइकिल चोरी हो गई (merii saaikil chorii ho gaii, 'my bicycle got stolen'). The person affected, if mentioned, is marked with की: मेरी साइकिल चोरी हो गई vs. मेरा चोरी हो गया।
Synonyms: चुराया जाना (churaayaa jaanaa, passive construction, more formal)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the phrase you will actually hear in a Delhi market or a housing society WhatsApp group -- मेरी स्कूटी चोरी हो गई (merii skootii chorii ho gaii, 'my scooter got stolen') -- because Hindi prefers describing the event happening to the object over naming a culprit, much like English 'my phone got stolen' rather than 'someone stole my phone.' It pairs naturally with a police-report context: चोरी की रिपोर्ट (chorii kii riport, 'theft report') is the next phrase you will need.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners try to build a passive with चुराना (churaanaa) plus जाना (jaanaa) where चोरी होना (chorii honaa) would sound far more natural in everyday speech -- चुराया जाना (churaayaa jaanaa) exists but reads as stiffer and more formal. 2) The perfective is almost always paired with हो गई/हो गया/हो गए (ho gaii, ho gayaa, ho gae) rather than plain हुई/हुआ (huii, huaa) -- dropping गया/गई sounds incomplete, like reporting the theft as an ongoing state rather than a completed event. 3) The thief, if named, takes से (se) not ने: उससे मेरा फ़ोन चोरी हुआ (usse meraa fon chorii huaa) is wrong -- native speakers simply say किसी ने मेरा फ़ोन चुराया (kisii ne meraa fon churaayaa) if they want to name an agent, switching constructions entirely rather than forcing an agent into चोरी होना (chorii honaa).
Sample Sentences:
कल रात मेरी स्कूटी चोरी हो गई।
My scooter got stolen last night.
(kal raat merii skootii chorii ho gaii।)
इस कॉलोनी में आजकल बहुत चोरियाँ हो रही हैं।
A lot of thefts are happening in this colony these days.
(is kolonii men aajkal bahut choriyaan ho rahii hain।)
अगर तुम गाड़ी यहाँ खड़ी करोगे तो चोरी हो जाएगी।
If you park the car here, it will get stolen.
(agar tum gaadii yahaan khadii karoge to chorii ho jaaegii।)
पुरानी दिल्ली के बाज़ार में अक्सर मोबाइल चोरी हो जाते हैं।
Mobiles often get stolen in the Old Delhi market.
(puraanii dillii ke baazaar men aksar mobaail chorii ho jaate hain।)
पहले भी उसकी साइकिल चोरी हो चुकी है।
His bicycle has already been stolen before too.
(pahle bhii uskii saaikil chorii ho chukii hai।)
सावधान रहो, वरना तुम्हारा बटुआ चोरी हो जाएगा।
Be careful, or else your wallet will get stolen.
(saavdhaan raho, varnaa tumhaaraa batuaa chorii ho jaaegaa।)
अगर मैंने गेट बंद न किया होता, तो साइकिल ज़रूर चोरी हो जाती।
If I hadn't closed the gate, the bicycle would definitely have gotten stolen.
(agar mainne get band n kiyaa hotaa, to saaikil zaroor chorii ho jaatii।)
हमें डर है कि कहीं हमारा सामान चोरी न हो जाए।
We are afraid that our luggage might get stolen.
(hamen dar hai ki kahiin hamaaraa saamaan chorii n ho jaae।)
थाने जाकर उसने चोरी की रिपोर्ट लिखवाई क्योंकि उसका लैपटॉप चोरी हो गया था।
He went to the police station and filed a theft report because his laptop had been stolen.
(thaane jaakar usne chorii kii riport likhvaaii kyonki uskaa laiptop chorii ho gayaa thaa।)
मैडम, मेरा पर्स चोरी हो गया है, कृपया मदद कीजिए।
Madam, my purse has been stolen, please help.
(maidam, meraa pars chorii ho gayaa hai, kripyaa madad kiijie।)
सोसाइटी के व्हाट्सएप ग्रुप पर उसने लिखा कि उसकी बाइक चोरी हो गई है।
He wrote on the society's WhatsApp group that his bike has been stolen.
(sosaaitii ke vhaatsaep grup par usne likhaa ki uskii baaik chorii ho gaii hai।)
Morphology
Verb (irregular)
infinitive:
चोरी होना
(chorii honaa)
infinitive oblique:
चोरी होने
(chorii hone)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
चोरी होता
(chorii hotaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
चोरी होते
(chorii hote)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
चोरी होती
(chorii hotii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
चोरी होतीं
(chorii hotiin)
continuous (sg.m):
चोरी हो रहा
(chorii ho rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
चोरी हो रहे
(chorii ho rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
चोरी हो रही
(chorii ho rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
चोरी हो रहीं
(chorii ho rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
चोरी हुआ
(chorii huaa)
perfective (pl.m):
चोरी हुए
(chorii hue)
perfective (sg.f):
चोरी हुई
(chorii huii)
perfective (pl.f):
चोरी हुईं
(chorii huiin)
imperative (informal):
चोरी हो
(chorii ho)
imperative (neutral):
चोरी होओ
(chorii hoo)
imperative (formal):
चोरी होइए
(chorii hoie)
future (1sg.m):
चोरी होऊँगा
(chorii hooongaa)
future (1sg.f):
चोरी होऊँगी
(chorii hooongii)
future (1pl.m):
चोरी होंगे
(chorii honge)
future (1pl.f):
चोरी होंगी
(chorii hongii)
future (2sg.m):
चोरी होगा
(chorii hogaa)
future (2sg.f):
चोरी होगी
(chorii hogii)
future (2pl.m):
चोरी होओगे
(chorii hooge)
future (2pl.f):
चोरी होओगी
(chorii hoogii)
future (3sg.m):
चोरी होगा
(chorii hogaa)
future (3sg.f):
चोरी होगी
(chorii hogii)
future (3pl.m):
चोरी होंगे
(chorii honge)
future (3pl.f):
चोरी होंगी
(chorii hongii)
subjunctive (1sg):
चोरी होऊँ
(chorii hooon)
subjunctive (1pl):
चोरी हों
(chorii hon)
subjunctive (2sg):
चोरी हो
(chorii ho)
subjunctive (2pl):
चोरी होओ
(chorii hoo)
subjunctive (3sg):
चोरी हो
(chorii ho)
subjunctive (3pl):
चोरी हों
(chorii hon)