3. MORPHOLOGY
Past-habitual
- maOM raoj,a baaj,aar jaata qaa /jaatI qaI.
m ́~ roz ba:za:r ja:ta: tha:/ja:ti: thi:.
I daily market go-ptc-ms was /go-fs was
I used to go to the market daily. - tU raoja, baaja,ar jaata qaa/ jaatI qaI.
tu: roz ba:za:r ja:ta: tha:/ja:ti: thi:.
you daily market go-ptc-ms was/go-ptc-fs was
You used to go to the market daily. - tuma/ Aap raoja, dF,tr jaato qao/jaatI qaIM.
tum/a:p roz daftar ja:te the/ja:ti: thĩ:.
you-fam/you-hon daily office go-ptc-ms were/go-ptc-fs were
You used to go to the office daily. - vah savaoro gaaÐva jaata qaa/ jaatI qaI.
vah savere ga:ũ: ja:ta: tha:/ja:ti: thi:.
he/she morning-abl village go-ptc-ms was/go-ptc-fs was
He/She used to go to the village in the morning. - vao Saama kao gaaÐva jaato qao / jaatI qaIM.
ve ša:m ko ga:ũ: ja:te the/ja:ti: thĩ:.
they evening-dat at village go-ptc-ms was/go-ptc-fs was
They used to go to the village in the evening.
Present-habitual in conjunction with the adverb ABaI abhi: ‘right
away’indicates that an action is to be carried out in the near future.
- maOM ABaI jaata hUÐ.
m ́~ abhi: ja:ta: hũ:.
I right away go-ptc.ms am
I’ll go right away.
In the negative construction of the present-habitual form, the present
form of the verb haonaa hona: is usually deleted.
- vah saubah caaya nahIM pIta.
vah subah ca:y nahĩ: pi:ta:.
he morning-abl tea neg drink-ptc.ms
He doesn’t drink tea in the morning.