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Emphatic Particles April 20, 2012

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तो This article is about the participial use of the “verb stem + रहा” idiom.
भी
यूँ For information about the verbal use of the “verb stem + रहा” construction, refer to the article about the present continuous verb
ही form and the past continuous verb form.
[-] Miscellaneous
[-] Affixes In Hindi, continuous verbs are formed according to the following idiom:
वाला
Echo Words verb stem + रहा / रही / रहे + form of होना

Pair Words
Interjections The verb stem provides the basic meaning of the verbal construction. The form of रहा indicates that this is a continuous verb, and

Adverbs agrees in gender and number with the subject of the verb. The form of होना indicates the tense and mood of the verb construction.
Conditional Sentences
[-] Postpositions Etymologically, रहा is related to the verb रहना (“to remain / continue / abide / live”), and evolved as a verbal auxiliary.
को
Consider a few examples:
Conjunctions
[-] Verbals
तुम क्या कर रही थी – “What were you doing?”
[-] Participles
Verb Stem + रहा
In this example, the addressee is female since the form of रहा is रही and the auxiliary is थी, both of which are feminine. थी is past
Habitual Participles
tense, so this is a past continuous form.
Future Participles
Passive Participles
तुम क्या कर रहे हो – “What are you doing?”
Perfect Participles
Imperfective Participles
In this example, the addressee is masculine. Since हो is present tense, this is a present continuous verb form.
Conjunctive Participles
Infinitives
वह अभी जा रही होगी – “She must be going right now” (i.e., “I presume that she is going right now”).
[-] Verbs
Participle + जाना
In this example, a future form of होना was used (होगी), which indicates the presumptive mood.
Compulsion Idioms
Infinitive + होना
Thus, this idiom (like all verbal idioms in Hindi) is a synthesis of aspect, tense, and mood; the form of रहा indicates the continuous
Modality
aspect, the form of होना indicates tense and mood. This synthesis makes the Hindi verbal system quite elegant.
[-] Mood
Imperative Mood
Very rarely, some Hindi speakers will employ this idiom as a participle. In other words, a speaker will delete the form of होना and
Presumptive Mood
Subjunctive Mood use the verb stem + रहा as a verbal adjective. It must be cautioned that the participial usage is very rare, and exhibits poor style –
it is not proper Hindi.
Aspect
Tense
Normal Hindi usage employs imperfective participles for this purpose:
Negation
[-] Idiomatic Verbs
वहां भागता हुआ लड़का मेरा भाई है – “The boy running over there is my brother”
जाना
चुकना
However, some people may say:
िमलना
चाहना वहां भाग रहा लड़का मेरा भाई है – “The boy running over there is my brother”
चािहये
सकना In this example, the continuous verb idiom was converted into a participle. This usage is very rare, and is improper. Hindi style
देना definitely prefers the use of imperfective participles.
पाना
लगना See the article about imperfective participles for more information.
होना
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[-] Adjectives
ऐसा
Reflexive Adjective
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[-] Pronouns
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Relative Pronouns
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