Hindi verbs 3 (Present Continous Tense)

Present Continuous Tense (-ing tense)

                                                          

Present continuous tense describes actions that are going on right now. They are the –ing tenses, such as “going”, “talking”, “travelling”, “painting”, “studying” etc. The present continuous tense is made out of a verb stem (a verb without –na ending),  rahaa/rahee/rahe and an auxiliary verb hoon/hai/hain. For example:

जाना jaanaa (infinitive with ending “-naa”)

जा jaa (verb stem without“-naa”)

रहा rahaa (word that gives the continuous’ sense)

हूँ hoon (auxiliary verb for 1st person)

Present continuous tense conjugation chart:

मैं जा रहा हूँ main jaa rahaa hoon I am going	मैं जा रही हूँ main jaa rahee hoon I am going.
आप जा रहे हैं aap jaa rahe hain You are going (polite)	आप जा रही हैं aap jaa rahee hain You are going  (polite)
तुम जा रहे हो tum jaa rahe ho You are going (friendly)	तुम जा रही हो tum jaa rahee ho You are going (friendly)
तू जा रहा है too jaa rahaa hai You are going (very informal)	तू जा रही है too jaa rahee hai You are going (very informal)
यह/वह जा रहा है yah/vah jaa rahaa hai He is going.	यह/वह जा रही है yah/vah jaa rahee hai She is going.
हम जा रहेँ हैं ham jaa rahe hain We are going.	हम जा रहे हैं ham jaa rahe hain We are going.
आप जा रहे हैं aap jaa rahe hain You are going (polite)	आप जा रही हैं aao jaa rahee hain You are going (polite)
तुम जा रहे हो tum jaa rahe ho You are going (friendly)	तुम जा रही हो tum jaa rahee ho You are going (friendly)
ये/वे जा रहे हैं ye/ve jaa rahe hain They are going.	ये/वे जा रही हैं   ye/ve jaa rahee hain They are going.

Some examples:

आप अभी क्या कर रहे हैं? aap abhee kyaa kar rahe hain	What are you doing now?
मैं कुछ नहीं कर रहा हूँ. main kuchh naheen kar rahaa hoon	I am doing nothing.
मैं बस टीवी देख रहा हूँ. main bas Teevee dekh rahaa hoon	I am only watching TV.
चलो ठीक है, मैं जा रही हूँ. chalo Theek hai, main jaa rahee hoon	OK, I am going (f).

Negative:

क्या आप मंदिर नहीं जा रहे हैं? kyaa aap mandir naheen jaa rahe hain	Are you not going to the temple?
यह गाड़ी नही चल रही है. yah gaaDee nahee chal rahee hai	This car is not working.
मैं ऐसे नहीं सोच रहा हूँ. main aise naheen soch rahaa hoon	I am not thinking like that.
मैं अभी घर नहीं जा रही हूँ. main abhee ghar naheen jaa rahee hoon	I am not going home right now (f).