Expressing Habit
Goal: In this lesson you will learn how to express habit in Gujarati. Remember that Gujarati does not distinguish between continuous present tense and simple present tense and therefore you can express habit using the regular present tense. However, there is an additional mechanism that speakers use to express the habit in present tense. They use ho -. Read the following sentences:
1. hu&
roj svare 2 vage w5to how& 2u&.
‘I get up at six everyday.’ (male speaker)
2. hu&
roj svare 2 vage w5tI how& 2u&.
‘I get up at six
everyday.’ (female speaker)
3. Ame
/ Aap8e
roj svare 2 vage w5ta ho;Ae 2IAe.
‘We get up at six
everyday.’ (male speakers)
4. Ame
/ Aap8e
roj svare 2 vage w5ta& ho;Ae 2IAe.
‘We get up at six
everyday.’ (female speakers)
5. tu&
roj svare 2 vage w5to hoy 2e.
‘You get up at
six everyday.’ (male listener)
6. tu&
roj svare 2 vage w5tI hoy 2e.
‘You get up at
six everyday.’ (female listener)
7. tme
roj svare 2 vage w5ta ho 2o.
‘You get up at
six everyday.’ (male speakers)
8. tme
roj svare 2 vage w5ta& ho 2o.
‘You get up at
six everyday.’ (female speakers)
9. te
roj svare 2 vage w5to hoy 2e.
‘He get up at six
everyday.’
10. te
roj svare 2 vage w5tI hoy 2e.
‘She get up at
six everyday.’
11. teAo
roj svare 2 vage w5ta hoy 2e.
‘They get up at
six everyday.’ (‘they’ refers to male.)
12. teAo
roj svare 2 vage w5ta& hoy 2e.
‘They get up at
six everyday.’ (‘they’ refers to female or male and female together)
13. 2okru&
roj svare 2 vage w5tu& hoy 2e.
‘The child gets
up at six everyday.’
14. 2okra&
roj svare 2 vage w5ta& hoy 2e.
‘The children get up at six everyday.’
Follow the following steps to make sentences in ‘habitual present’.
1. The verb root must take the progressive -t\-.
2. The -t\-must be followed by the gender and number marker.
3. The gender and number must agree with the subject.