"राज वहाँ रहता था ।"
Translation:Raj used to live there.
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A better translation for that would be — राज वहाँ रह रहा था (i.e. continuous aspect)
Yes. 'Raj lived there' would be 'राज वहाँ रहा'.
However, that's a strictly literal translation since 'Raj lived there' is, more often than not, used to convey 'Raj used to live there' in English.
You mean "Raj vahaan rahta"?
Even for that, how can we say it is past tense (i.e., Raj lived there - Raj vahaan rahta tha) and not present tense (i.e., Raj lives there - Raj vahaan rahta hai)?
No. I did mean राज वहाँ रहा (literally 'Raj lived there' but closer to 'Raj stayed there' in meaning) which is in the same tense as राज वहाँ गया (Raj went there) , ie, the simple past tense.
राज वहाँ रहता था (Raj used to live there) is the same tense as राज वहाँ जाता था (Raj used to go there), ie, the imperfect past tense (which is not treated as a tense of its own in English).
In Hindi, the simple past tense is only used for one-time events in the past whereas the past imperfect is used for habitual actions in the past.
In English, the distinction is not
so clear-cut. So, you can say 'Raj lived there' instead of 'Raj used to live there'. But the Hindi sentences are not interchangeable.
How can i say raj lived there ? Can somebody plz tell me about simple past tense?
Raj was live there and Raj used to live there both in who is right and wrong why please give me answer
'Raj was live there' गलत है।
'Raj was living there' हो सकता है। पर उसका मतलब होगा ' राज वहाँ रह रहा था। '.
'Raj used to live there' का मतलब है ' राज वहाँ रहता था।' या 'राज वहाँ रहा करता था।'.