Present Continuous Tense/Tatkalic Vartmaan Kaal

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE/TATKALIC VARTMAAN KAAL
तात्कालिक वर्तमान काल

When a wok has started and is continuing at present eg. I am going. The process is indicating by using raha/rahe/rahi/रहा/रहे/रही between verb (e.g. aa/आ) and the appropriate tense indicator hoon/ho/hai/hain/हूँ/हो/है/हैं.

• Raha/रहा is used if the subject is masculine singular.
• Rahe/रहे is used if the subject is masculine plural or a respected male.
• Rahi/रही is used if the subject is feminine.
• To donate negative, nahin/नहीं is put before verb.

Subject	Verb/action	Masculine + ing	Feminine + ing	Present tense
Main/मैं	Jaa/जा	raha/रहा	rahi/रही	hoon/हूँ
Tum/तुम	jaa/जा	rahe/रहे	rahi/रही	ho/हो
Yeh/यह	jaa/जा	raha/रहा	rahi/रही	hai/है
Veh/वह	jaa/जा	raha/रहा	rahi/रही	Hai/है
Hum/हम	jaa/जा	rahe/रहे		hain/हैं
Aap/आप	jaa/जा	rahe/रहे	rahi/रही	hain/हैं
Ye/ये	jaa/जा	rahe/रहे	rahi/रही	hain/हैं
Ve/वे	jaa/जा	rahe/रहे	rahi/रही	hain/हैं

•  All masculine plurals have same ending with rahe hain/रही हैं.
•  All feminine subjects end with rahi hai/hain/है/हैं .
•  All feminine plurals have same ending with hain/हैं.

Translation of sentences :

1. I am going to delhi today.
Main aaj dilli ja raha hoon./मैं आज दिल्ली जा रहा हूँ।

2. What are you eating?
Tum kya kha rahe ho?/तुम क्या खा रहे हो?

3. Why is that boy crying?
Veh baccha kyon ro raha hai?/वह बच्चा क्यो रो रहा है?

4. I am watching TV.
Main tv dekh rahi hoon./मैं टीवी देख रही हूँ।

5. Shivani is eating the food.
Shivani khana kha rahi hai./शिवानी खाना खा रही है।

6. You are not listening to my talk.
Aap meri baatein nahin sun rahi ho./आप मेरी बातें नहीं सुन रही हो।

7. Those devotees are bathing is Ganga.
Ve bhakt ganga main naha rahe hain./वे भक्त गंगा में नहा रहे हैं।

Vocabulary
To go- jana/जाना , to eat – khana/खाना , to cry – rona/रोना, to watch- dekhna/देखना, to listen- sunna/सुनना, to bath- nahana/नहाना .