ਸੀ

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Punjabi

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Verb

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ਸੀ ()

  1. past of ਹੋਣਾ (hoṇā)

Usage notes

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This can be used for all persons (1st, 2nd, 3rd), genders (masculine, feminine), and numbers (singular, plural).

Instead of ਸੀ, some dialects use one or more of the person-/number-specific conjugations ਸਾਂ, ਸੈ, ਸੋ, and ਸਨ, which are formed by analogy with ਹਾਂ, ਹੈ, ਹੋ, and ਹਨ. For example, the Majhi dialect tends to use ਸਨ for the past-tense equivalent of ਹਨ (plural/formal 2nd/3rd person imperfective indicative conjugation of ਹੋਣਾ), and ਸੀ for all other cases (all other imperfective indicative inflections of ਹੋਣਾ).