ਆਉਣਾ

Auna (ਆਉਣਾ) is the Punjabi verb meaning to come: movement toward the speaker, toward home, or toward the place being talked about. It is one of the first verbs learners meet, used for guests arriving, seasons turning, buses reaching the stop and news reaching the family.

What does auna mean in Punjabi?

Auna means to come, and it points toward the speaker or the home base of the conversation. Language guides describe it as the verb for inviting, requesting, or describing movement toward the speaker. Its present forms follow the gender of the person coming: aunda for a man or boy, aundi for a woman or girl, so he comes is uh aunda hai and she comes is uh aundi hai.

Auna is an irregular verb, which means its past form is not built by simply adding an ending to the stem. Where a regular verb keeps its shape, auna changes: the past is aaya, came. Learners have to meet that form on its own, but it comes up so often, in every story about who arrived and when, that it settles quickly with use.

How do you say come in Punjabi?

For a command, the short form is aa, come, used with children and people you know well. The polite form is aao, used for elders, guests and more than one person, and it is the form in the everyday request kirpa karke ithay aao, please come here. Adding ji after aao softens it further, the way Punjabi speakers soften most requests at home.

What is the past tense of auna?

The past tense of auna is aaya for a man or boy: he came. The future is aavega, he will come, and aavegi for a woman or girl. Talkpal's learner examples use the same family of forms in uh kal aunge, they will come tomorrow, one of the most useful sentences a beginner can carry, because arrivals in Punjabi life are always being announced a day ahead.

Auna as a helping verb

Auna also works as a helping verb after another verb, where it adds a shade of meaning rather than movement. In chal auna, to come walking, it brings the walking toward the speaker. Guides to Punjabi compound verbs note that auna as a helper can suggest an action that comes easily or naturally to someone, the way a song or a skill comes to a person who has practised it for years.