हिन्दी
In English we use the past continuous to talk about an action taking place during a period of time in the past. We usually use it with past simple.
The table below shows the different forms of past continuous :
| Example verb : study | I / He / She / It | You / We / They |
| Positive | ... was studying. | ... were studying. |
| Negative | ... wasn't studying. | ... weren't studying. |
| Questions | Was ... studying? | Were ... studying? |
| Short answers | Yes, ... was. / No, ... wasn't. | Yes, ... were. / No, ... weren't. |
In English we use the past continuous to show that a longer action in the past was interrupted. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the past simple. This can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time.
Past Continuous Examples Sentences :
Positive Examples of Past Continuous :
Negative Examples of Past Continuous :
Question Examples of Past Continuous :
In English we can also use a specific time as an interruption.
Examples Sentences :
When you use the past continuous with two actions in the same sentence, it means that both actions were happening at the same time. The actions are parallel.
Examples Sentences :
| Past continuous example sentences | |
|---|---|
| When I came, you were at the bar getting yourself a beer. | जब मैं यहाँ आया, तुम बार में अपने लिए बियर ले रहे थे। |
| Yeah... What was I saying? | हाँ... तो मैं क्या कह रहा था? |
| The only smoke I could see was coming out of her ears. | मैं केवल वो धुआं देख पाया जो उसके कानों से बाहर आ रहा था। |
| Yes, sorry, I was thinking of getting stock powder at the shop. | हाँ, माफ करना, मैं दुकान से स्टॉक पाउडर लेने के बारे में सोच रही थी। |
| And the girls were too busy ordering. | और लड़कियां ऑर्डर करने में व्यस्त थीं। |
| I ran inside to check what was happening... | मैं अंदर देखने के लिए भागा कि क्या हो रहा है... |
| I was planning on stirfrying some red peppers and mushrooms! | मैं कुछ लाल शिमला मिर्च और मशरूम भूनने के बारे में सोच रहा था! |
| You were saying something about the wardrobe before. | तुम पहले कपड़ों की अलमारी के बारे में कुछ कह रही थी। |
| Okay, long story short, I was cooking some chips last night. | ठीक है, तो थोड़े में कहानी बताता हूँ, मैं कल रात थोड़े चिप्स बना रहा था। |
| Really? What was she saying? | अच्छा? वो क्या कह रही थी? |
| First she started to mumble about how long my cooking was taking. | पहले उसने बुदबुदाना शुरू किया कि मेरा खाना पकने में कितना ज्यादा समय लग रहा है। |
| It sounds like she was having a mental breakdown. | ऐसा लगता है उसे मानसिक आघात लगा था। |
| Once when Bear was little, we were walking along a dark street... | एक बार जब बेयर छोटा था तब हम एक अँधेरी सड़क से जा रहे थे... |
| And you pretended you didn't know I was living here. | और तुमने ऐसे दिखाया जैसे तुम्हें पता ही नहीं है कि मैं यहाँ रहती हूँ। |
| I think she definitely understood I was lying! | मुझे लगता है वो निश्चित रूप से समझ गयी कि मैं झूठ बोल रही हूँ! |
| She was in the kitchen, too, preparing something to cook. | वो भी रसोईघर में कुछ बनाने की तैयारी कर रही थी। |
| I hope you weren't looking for something urgently! | मुझे उम्मीद है कि आप तुरंत के लिए घर नहीं खोज रही हैं! |
| But I don't know where he was getting it from. | लेकिन मुझे नहीं पता वो इसे कहाँ से लेता था। |
| No, I wasn't interested at all, I was just trying to be nice to her. | नहीं, मुझे बिलकुल रूचि नहीं थी, मैं बस उसके साथ अच्छा बनने की कोशिश कर रही थी। |
| I was also training new workers how to make coffee. | मैं नए कर्मचारियों को कॉफ़ी बनाने का प्रशिक्षण भी देती थी। |
