-ले रहे

Had Done

Level 3Sounds Like lē rahē

The perfect form with रहे or रहनी means had done.

How It Works

Use it when you talk about something already finished before a time in the past.

With verbs that take no object, keep -ल: ऊ बजार गइल रहे.

Negative: put ना before the whole verb: हम ना खइले रहनी (I had not eaten).

Learners often stop at the present perfect. The past perfect helps you tell a story in order: first what had happened, then what you did next.

हम पहिले खइले रहनी।
I had eaten earlier.
खइले रहनी is the हम form.
ऊ बजार गइल रहे।
He had gone to the market.
गइल रहे has no object, so it keeps -ल.
जब हम पहुँचनी, गाड़ी छूट गइल रहे।
When I arrived, the train had left.
रहे puts the leaving before the arrival.
माई सबेरे दाल पका देले रहली।
Mother had cooked the dal in the morning.
रहली goes with a woman.
तू ऊ किताब पढ़ले रहलऽ?
Had you read that book?
रहलऽ goes with तू.

Leaving रहे the same for every person.
हम पहिले खइले रहे।
हम पहिले खइले रहनी।
रहे only fits ऊ; हम takes रहनी.

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-ले रहेLevel 3Had Done

-ले रहे swaps बा in -ले बा for रहे or रहनी.

रहल

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