“ti” conjugation is used for habitual activities
Sita Mumbai me rah-ti hai = Sita lives in Mumbai (continuously)
har din, Radha chaval kha-ti hai = Radha eats rice everyday
Radha asks a lot of questions (habitually) =
To make the Past Tense of this, change the hai to thi/tha/the
Sita Mumbai me rah-ti hai -> Sita Mumbai me rah-ti thi
= Sita used to live in Mumbai (not any more)
2020 me, Anita picture dekh-ti thi
= In 2020, Anita used to watch movies (not any more)
Radha used to sing (not any more) =
Where did you used to live? =
a good phrase that is commonly used is:
bachpan me = in own’s childhood
baccha = child and pan = time period
baccha + pan -> bachpan
In (my) childhood, I used to play football =