The past perfect continuous form of a verb in Hindi is as follows: [imperfective participle of the main verb] [रहा/रही/रहे] [past tense form of होना]
Example: मैं तीन घंटे चलता रहा था – “I had been walking for three hours”.
Please note that this is a rare verb form. Instead, it is more idiomatic to use the past continuous verb form: मैं तीन घंटे तक चल रहा था.
The imperfective participle agrees with the subject in gender and number. The form of रहा agrees with the subject in gender and number. The past tense form of होना agrees with the subject in number and gender.
| Pronoun | Masculine Form | Feminine Form |
|---|---|---|
| मैं | चलता रहा था | चलती रही थी |
| हम | चलते रहे थे | चलती रही थीं |
| आप | चलते रहे थे | चलती रही थीं |
| तुम | चलते रहे थे | चलती रही थी |
| तू | चलता रहा था | चलती रही थी |
| यह/वह | चलता रहा था | चलती रही थी |
| ये/वे | चलते रहे थे | चलती रही थीं |