You can already talk about routines (Episode 188) and about what is happening right now (Episode 189). But at dinner someone asks what you did today, and you freeze. The Hindi past tense has one famous surprise: a small word, ने (ne), appears after the person doing certain actions, and then the verb stops agreeing with that person. In this episode: • The basic past: -aa, -ee, -e • Two kinds of verbs • The ne rule • The irregular five • Two small twists • An at-home story of yesterday • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Season 3 · Spoken Hindi at Home: the complete self-study course for English speakers. Every Hindi item is given in Devanagari, Hinglish and English. Take the 52-question quiz after listening. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.