-त अहै

Doing Now or Usually: -त अहै

Level 1Sounds Like ta ahai

Add -त to the stem and follow it with अहै, अहैं or अही for what someone is doing or usually does.

How It Works

This is the main present tense. Take the stem, add -त, and put the helper after it.

Subject	Helper	Example
हम	अही	हम चाय पियत अही।
ऊ	अहै	ऊ चाय पियत अहै।
ऊ लोग, आप	अहैं	ऊ लोग चाय पियत अहैं।

One form covers is doing and does. Words like रोज (every day) and अबहीं (right now) make the meaning clear.

The stem आ becomes आव- before -त: आवत. रो, सो and पी change too: रोवत, सोवत, पियत. Most other stems add -त directly: जात, खात, देखत.

The form is usually the same for men and women; around Sultanpur and parts of Faizabad a woman's form is करति अहै. Add रहत for something that keeps happening: हल्ला दिन भर मचत रहत अहै. To say not, put नाहीं before it: ऊ चाय नाहीं पियत. With तुम, the helper is हौ.

Examples (5)

पानी बरसत अहै।
It is raining.
बरस plus -त, then अहै.
हम लखनऊ मा रहत अही।
I live in Lucknow.
अही goes with हम.
नेहा अउर अमित बतियात अहैं।
Neha and Amit are chatting.
The plural helper goes with two people.
दादी कहानी सुनावत अहैं।
Grandmother is telling a story.
अहैं shows respect.
अमित रोज स्कूल जात अहै।
Amit goes to school every day.
The same form also means usually.

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-त अहैLevel 1Doing Now or Usually: -त अहै

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This form joins a stem and -त to the words अहै, अहैं or अही.

-त हौDoing with तुम: -त हौ
The same form with तुम.
Level 1

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अहैअहैंअही

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