पढ़ि रहल छलहुँ

Was Doing

Level 2Sounds Like paṛhi rahala chalahum̐

The joining form with रहल and a past of to be says what was happening.

How It Works

The joining form is the verb with -ि (पढ़ि, देखि, आबि), or the stem itself for vowel stems such as जा, खा and बना. A few change: कर becomes कऽ, हो becomes भऽ, दे becomes दऽ.

PersonExample
हम, अहाँहम पढ़ि रहल छलहुँ
a respected personओ आबि रहल छलाह
a plain person or thingबरखा भऽ रहल छल

Use it when something else happened in the middle: जखन ओ अएलाह, हम भात खा रहल छलहुँ (When he came, I was eating).

For a habit, use the -ैत form instead. The present of this pattern is पढ़ि रहल छी, taught earlier. Only the helper changes.

Examples (5)

  1. हम भात खा रहल छलहुँ।

    I was eating.

    खा रहल छलहुँ is the progressive past.

  2. ओ आबि रहल छलाह।

    He was coming.

    छलाह shows respect.

  3. बाहर बरखा भऽ रहल छल।

    It was raining outside.

    भऽ रहल छल is for a thing.

  4. अहाँ की कऽ रहल छलहुँ?

    What were you doing?

    कऽ is the joining form of करब.

  5. माय चाह बना रहल छलीह।

    Mother was making tea.

    बना is the joining form of बनाएब.

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पढ़ि रहल छलहुँLevel 2Was Doing

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This form puts the happening-now pattern into the past, so both parts come first.

Words in This Pattern

छलहुँछलाहछलकऽभऽदऽ