Past Continuous Tense in Marathi

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Friends, I can understand that “Simple Past Tense” was not that “simple” :) :) 
So to give you some relief here comes “Past Continuous Tense”. It follows good old structure like “future continuous”.

Here verb is formed according to subjective/doer of the action like future Continuous Tense

The sentence structure in Past Continuous Tense is :-

Pronoun
Verb+त (t)
Form of असणे(“asaNe”) in Simple Past  tense
मी ( mI )
चाल(chAl) + त (t)
होतो ( hoto )
                           
                      
Example 1) For I(male) Form of असणे(asaNe) in Simple Past Is होतो (hoto)
The full sentence
I was walking --> मी ( mI ) चाल(chAl) + (t)  होतो (hoto)
--> मी चाल होतो (mI chAlat hoto) 

Example 2) For I(Female) Form of असणे(asaNe) in Simple Past Is होते (hote)
The full sentence
I was walking  --> मी ( mI ) चाल(chAl) + (t)  होते (hote)
--> मी चाल होते (mI chAlat hote) 

Example 3) For They (Plural of She) Form of असणे(asaNe) in Simple Past Is होत्या (hotyA
)
The full sentence
They were watching  -->  त्या (tyA)    बघ(bagh) + (t)    होत्या (hotyA
-->  त्या  बघत होत्या (tyA baghat hotyA

So below table summarizes :-


Pronoun in English
Pronoun

in

Marathi
Suffix for

common

verbs
in

Past
Continuous
Form of

असणे
(“asaNe”) in Marathi in Simple Past Tense
Combined

suffix
for

Past

Continuous
Transliteration
I (male)
मी









 (t)


होतो
 होतो
t hoto
I (female)
मी
होते
 होते
t hote
we
आम्ही
होतो
 होतो
t hoto
we ( listener including)
आपण
होतो
 होतो
t hoto
You (singular male)
तू
होतास
 होतास
t hotAs
You (singular female)
तू
होतीस
 होतीस
t hotIs
You (plural)
तुम्ही
होता
 होता
t hotA
He / That (m.) / This (m.)  
तो / तो / हा
होता
 होता
t hotA
She / That (f.)/ This (f.) 
ती / ती / ही
होती
 होती
t hotI
It / That(n.) / This (n.)
ते / ते / हे
होते
 होते
t hote
They (Plural of He)  /Those (m.) /These (m.)
ते / ते / हे
होते
 होते
t hote
They (Plural of She) / Those (f.) / These (f.) 
त्या / त्या / ह्या
होत्या
 होत्या
t hotyA
They (Plural of it) / Those (n.) / These (n.)
ती / ती / ही
होती
 होती
t hotI



Examples
I ( male) was doing.                                         मी कर होतो ( mI karat hoto ) 
I (female) was doing.                                       मी कर होते ( mI karat hote ) 
We were dancing.                                           आम्ही/आपण नाच होतो ( AmhI/ApaN nAchat hoto ) 
You (male) were crying.                                  तू रड होतास ( tU raDat hotAs ) 
You (female) were crying .                              तू रड होतीस ( tU raDat hotIs ) 
You (Plural) were walking                                 तुम्ही चाल होता ( tumhI chAlat hotA ) 
He was walking.                                             तो चाल होता ( to chAlat hotA ) 
She was speaking.                                          ती बोल होती ( tI bolat hotI ) 
It was moving.                                                ते हल होते ( te halat hote) 
They(Plural of he) were dancing.                     ते नाचहोते ( te nAchat hote) 
They(Plural of She) were dancing.                   त्या नाचहोत्या ( tyA nAchat hotyA ) 
They(Plural of it) were dancing.                       ती नाचहोती ( tI nAchat hotI  ) 


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Exercise: Try creating sentences with different verbs using above rules. Crosscheck them by creating same by “verb forms” feature on http://learnmarathiwithkaushik.com/


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Comments

  1. very good.Actually i know marathi but i am weak in english tense so it is useful for me for learning tenses.

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    1. Thanks. Do give me your suggestion and feedback on learnmarathifast@gmail.com

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  2. Thanks for help us..........In simple method

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    1. Thanks Datta.
      Can you please mail me on learnmarathifast@gmail.com I would like to hear your feedback and suggestions in more details.

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  3. Hi Lele Sir,

    Please see the below entry in the above table, i think it needs some correction.

    They (Plural of He) /Those (m.) /These (m.)

    ते / ते / हे

    होती

    त होती

    t hotI


    Hote instead of Hoti.

    PG

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    1. You are right. I rectified it.
      While creating this table I had to do lot of copy-paste work. So this typo. But thanks that you pointed it out.

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  4. Thanks for your painstaking efforts for helping learners of Marathi language to understand nuances of Marathi grammar ,construction of sentences , and meaning thereof.I have liked your rule of Aa-I-Ai-Ai-Ya-I for altering nouns/pronouns in genitive case.At present, I am learning Marathi language with the help of a Marathi teachers and your blog is of great help to me in understanding fully about grammar and increasing vocabulary.Ramesh Kaul,Mumbai

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    1. Hi Ramesh, thanks a lot for appreciation. I am interested to discuss more with you about your Marathi Learning and your feedback
      Can you please mail me on learnmarathifast@gmail.com

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  5. Please read a Marathi teacher and not teachers.Ramesh Kaul

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  6. Hi Kaushik. Another question. What about the past continuous tense with object (noun)? Are there examples? I guess we can say "mi chitra rangavalet hote"? BTW, I emailed you about my experience and appreciation. Thanks again. Sundar

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    1. object is used as it is. No change.
      "mi rangavat hoto" is basic sentence, you can use noun of any gender-plurality.

      "mi chitr/chitre/kagad/batali/batalya rangavat hoto"

      Thanks for mail. I will check and reply.
      - kaushik

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