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The past progressive
tense is used for actions that were in progress in the past. It
is also sometimes called the past continual tense. Note how in English
this tense uses an auxiliary verb ("to be") and the verb ending
"-ing."
Examples:
I was going to school. They were eating vegetables.
She was buying a necklace.
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Formula: |
Subject |
root verb + |
verb ending
रहा / रहे / रही |
auxiliary verb
था / थे / थी |
Examples:
with the verb
जाना ("to go")
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a.
A guy says: |
मैं |
जा रहा |
था । |
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"I
was going." |
subject
(masculine) |
root
verb + masculine singular ending |
masc.
singular past auxiliary verb |
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b.
A girl says: |
मैं |
जा रही |
थी । |
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"I
was going." |
subject
(feminine) |
root
verb + feminine ending |
fem.
singular past auxiliary verb |
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c.
About a girl someone says: |
वह |
जा रही |
थी । |
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"She
was going." |
subject
(feminine) |
root
verb + feminine ending |
fem.
singular past auxiliary verb |
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d.
A male group says: |
हम |
जा रहे |
थे । |
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"We
were going." |
subject
(masculine
plural) |
root
verb + masculine plural ending |
masc.
plural past auxiliary verb |
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e.
A female group says: |
हम |
जा रही |
थीं । |
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"We
were going." |
subject
(feminine
plural) |
root
verb + fem. ending |
fem.
plural past auxiliary verb |
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f.
You say to your friend(s) (masc. familiar): |
तुम |
जा रहे |
थे । |
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"You
were going." |
subject
(masculine) |
root
verb + masculine plural ending |
masc.
plural past auxiliary verb |
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g.
You say to your friend(s) (fem. polite): |
आप |
जा रही |
थीं । |
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"You
were going." |
subject
(feminine) |
root
verb + feminine ending |
fem.
plural past auxiliary verb |
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See
Snell's Teach Yourself Hindi (2000)
Section
7.1 page 88 |
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