-تا / -تی / -تے + رہنا
Continuing or Repeating an Action
Keep the habitual ending before the inflected form of رہنا.
How It Works
The two verb parts follow the subject: مریم لکھتی رہی, بلال لکھتا رہا and ہم لکھتے رہے. The subject stays unmarked even when the activity has a direct object.
The same pattern can describe intermittent repetition. یہاں لوگ آتے رہتے ہیں can mean that people keep coming here on different occasions, rather than that one person never stops arriving.
The past form reports persistence over an earlier interval. A habitual present describes an ongoing tendency, while a request such as کوشش کرتے رہیے asks someone to continue.
Examples (4)
- مریم خط لکھتی رہی۔
Maryam kept writing the letter.
The writer selects feminine لکھتی رہی; there is no نے.
- ہم دروازہ کھٹکھٹاتے رہے۔
We kept knocking on the door.
The context suggests repeated knocks.
- یہاں لوگ آتے رہتے ہیں۔
People keep coming here.
آتے رہتے ہیں describes recurring arrivals.
- آپ کوشش کرتے رہیے۔
Please keep trying.
The request uses respectful masculine agreement.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Recognize the habitual participle that precedes رہنا.
Related Patterns
- رہا / رہی / رہے + تھاAn Action in Progress in the Past
Contrast a past progressive.
Level 2 - -تا / -تی / -تے + جاناProgressive Continuation or Change
Describe continued development or change.
Level 3 - -تا / -تی / -تے + آناContinuing Up to a Reference Point
Connect a practice with an earlier starting period.
Level 3
Words in This Pattern
Practice -تا / -تی / -تے + رہنا in Bubblegum
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