Questions & Answers about हम आज नहीं दौड़ रहे हैं।
What does each word in हम आज नहीं दौड़ रहे हैं mean?
- हम = we
- आज = today
- नहीं = not
- दौड़ = from दौड़ना, to run
- रहे हैं = the progressive part, roughly are ...-ing
So the whole sentence means We are not running today.
Why is नहीं placed before दौड़ रहे हैं?
In Hindi, नहीं usually comes before the part being negated.
So in:
- हम आज नहीं दौड़ रहे हैं
the not applies to the action running.
This is very normal Hindi word order:
- मैं नहीं जा रहा हूँ = I am not going
- वह नहीं पढ़ रही है = She is not studying
English puts not after the helping verb (are not running), but Hindi usually puts नहीं before the main verb phrase.
What tense or aspect is दौड़ रहे हैं?
This is the present progressive (also called the present continuous).
It shows an action that is:
- happening now, or