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 a good old structure like “future continuous”.
Here the verb is formed according to subjective/doer of the action like future Continuous Tense
The sentence structure in the 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) + त (t) होतो (hoto) –> मी चालत 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) + त (t) होते (hote) –> मी चालत 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) + त (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 | त (t) | होतो | त होतो | t hoto |
| I (female) | मी | त (t) | होते | त होते | t hote |
| we | आम्ही | त (t) | होतो | त होतो | t hoto |
| we ( listener including) | आपण | त (t) | होतो | त होतो | t hoto |
| You (singular male) | तू | त (t) | होतास | त होतास | t hotAs |
| You (singular female) | तू | त (t) | होतीस | त होतीस | t hotIs |
| You (plural) | तुम्ही | त (t) | होता | त होता | t hotA |
| He / That (m.) / This (m.) | तो / तो / हा | त (t) | होता | त होता | t hotA |
| She / That (f.)/ This (f.) | ती / ती / ही | त (t) | होती | त होती | t hotI |
| It / That(n.) / This (n.) | ते / ते / हे | त (t) | होते | त होते | t hote |
| They (Plural of He) / Those (m.) /These (m.) | ते / ते / हे | त (t) | होते | त होते | t hote |
| They (Plural of She) / Those (f.) / These (f.) | त्या / त्या / ह्या | त (t) | होत्या | त होत्या | t hotyA |
| They (Plural of it) / Those (n.) / These (n.) | ती / ती / ही | त (t) | होती | त होती | t hotI |
Examples
| I ( male) was doing. | मी करत होतो ( mI karat hoto ) |
|---|---|
| I (female) was doing. | मी करत होते ( mI karat hote ) |
| We were dancing. | आम्ही/आपण नाचत होतो ( AmhI/ApaN nAchat hoto ) |
| You (male) were crying. | तू रडत होतास ( tU raDat hotAs ) |
| You (female) were crying . | तू रडत होतीस ( tU raDat hotIs ) |
| You (Plural) were walking | तुम्ही चालत होता ( tumhI chAlat hotA ) |
| He was walking. | तो चालत होता ( to chAlat hotA ) |
| She was speaking. | ती बोलत होती ( tI bolat hotI ) |
| It was moving. | ते हलत होते ( te halat hote) |
| They(Plural of he) were dancing. | ते नाचत होते ( te nAchat hote) |
| They(Plural of She) were dancing. | त्या नाचत होत्या ( tyA nAchat hotyA ) |
| They(Plural of it) were dancing. | ती नाचत होती ( 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 https://learnmarathiwithkaushik.com/
