Understanding Hindi Past Perfect Continuous Tense
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense in Hindi is used to talk about actions that were happening continuously in the past and had been going on for some time before another action occurred. It helps us show the duration of an activity that had been ongoing before something else happened.
Important Points
- Used to describe an action that was happening for some time in the past.
- Shows the duration of an action before another past action.
- Formed using 'रहा था', 'रही थी', or 'रहे थे' with the verb root.
To form this tense in Hindi, we take the root of the verb, add 'रहा', 'रही', or 'रहे' based on the gender and number of the subject, and then add 'था', 'थी', or 'थे' to indicate the past.
Examples
- वह खेल रहा था जब बारिश शुरू हुई।
- मैं किताब पढ़ रही थी जब बिजली चली गई।
- हम गाना गा रहे थे जब वह आया।
Let's practice recognizing and using the Past Perfect Continuous Tense in Hindi. Try to think of sentences where an action was happening for a while before something else happened.