मुझे चिंता हो रही है
mujhe chintā ho rahī hai
In Hindi, "I am worried" is expressed as मुझे चिंता हो रही है (mujhe chintā ho rahī hai).
This phrase is used to express that you are currently feeling anxious or uneasy about something. If you want to specify the cause of your anxiety, you can say मुझे … की चिंता हो रही है, placing the object after the particle की. If you instead want to say "I am feeling restless", you would use मुझे बेचैनी हो रही है.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase मुझे चिंता हो रही है literally translates to "to me worry is happening".
How does it change in a sentence?
To express the past continuous "I was worried", change the continuous marker rahī hai to the past continuous rahī thī to form मुझे चिंता हो रही थी.
How do you pronounce it?
mujhe chintā ho rahī hai
Did you know?
- The verb हो used in this phrase is a descendant of the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-, making it a very distant relative of the English word 'be'.
- In Hindi, worry is treated as an external event that happens to a person rather than a feeling the person possesses.
- While चिंता refers to mental anxiety, the related word बेचैनी refers to a physical restlessness that makes it hard to stay still.
Examples in context
- मुझे चिंता हो रही है।mujhe chintā ho rahi hai.I am worried.
- परीक्षा को लेकर मुझे चिंता हो रही है।parīkshā ko lekar mujhe chintā ho rahi hai.I am worried about the exam.
- तुम्हारी सेहत को लेकर मुझे चिंता हो रही है।tumhārī sehat ko lekar mujhe chintā ho rahi hai.I am worried about your health.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries चिंता, है, हो, CC BY-SA 4.0.
