Past Perfect Continuous Tense examples in Hindi

Structure: Subject + had been + V4 + object + since/for + time

Example of past perfect continuous tense in Hindi :

I had been writing a story since 2016. (मैं 2016 से एक कहानी लिख रहा था | )
He had been waiting here for ten days. (वह दस दिनो से यंहा इंतजार कर रहा था | )
She had been playing for an hour. (वह एक घंटा से खेल रही थी | )
They had been reading for an hour.(वे लोग एक घंटा से पढ़ रहें थे | )
The students had been playing cricket for 3 hours (छात्र सब तीन घंटे से क्रिकेट खेल रहें थे | )

Note: "For" is used for period of time and "Since" is used for point of time.

Elaboration:

Statement: Your brother had been talking for an hour. (तुम्हारा भाई एक घंटा से बात कर रहा था | )
Interrogative: Had your brother been talking for an hour? (क्या तुम्हारा भाई एक घंटा से बात कर रहा था ?)
Negative: Your brother had not been talking for an hour. (तुम्हारा भाई एक घंटा से बात नहीं कर रहा था | )
Interrogative.Negative: Had your brother not been talking for an hour? (क्या तुम्हारा भाई एक घंटा से बात नहीं कर रहा था ? )
Question Tag 1: Your brother had been talking for an hour, hadn't he? (तुम्हारा भाई एक घंटा से बात कर रहा था न ? )
Question Tag 2: Your brother had not been talking for an hour, had he? (तुम्हारा भाई एक घंटा से बात नहीं कर रहा था न ? )

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Past Perfect Continuous Tense examples in Hindi