Present Habitual Tense

حال عادی

About this concept

Expresses habitual actions: verb stem + تا/تی/تے (agrees with gender/number) + ہونا auxiliary. میں کھاتا ہوں maiṅ khātā hūṅ (I eat, male). میں کھاتی ہوں (I eat, female).

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~40 cards at level A1.

Examples

میں اردو بولتا ہوں۔ (m)I speak Urdu. (male speaker)

میں اردو بولتی ہوں۔ (f)I speak Urdu. (female speaker)

وہ روز سکول جاتا ہے۔He goes to school every day.

ہم چائے پیتے ہیں۔We drink tea.

Prerequisite

ہونا - To Be (Present)A1

Concepts that build on this

Past Habitual TenseA2 Future TenseB1 Subjunctive MoodB1 Compound Verbs (Vector Verbs)B1 چاہنا - To WantA1 سکنا - Can/AbilityA1 لگنا Expressions (Time, Feelings, Beginnings)A2 Participial and Gerund FormsB1

More A1 concepts

Urdu Script (Nastaliq)اردو رسم الخط (نستعلیق)Vowel Marks (Aerab)اعراب Personal Pronouns and Honorificsذاتی ضمیر اور اعزازی الفاظ Grammatical Genderقواعدی جنس Singular and Pluralواحد اور جمع

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