"मेरी दादी चल रही हैं ।"
Translation:My grandmother is walking.
February 4, 2019
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After a few weeks of repetition, I can answer my own question.
रही/रहा /रहे are used for the present continuous (progressive) tense . "is *ing " चल रही है means "is walking (female(s))"
चलती means "walks"; this is the simple present tense.
Extra credit: There is also a "present perfect progressive" tense, in English "has been walking". I don't know whether the Hindi present perfect continuous (progressive) is covered in this Duolingo learning tree, but I found a few other lessons online (1) (2). If I understand correctly, "Grandmother has been walking" is "दादी चलती रही हैं"
(1) https://www.superprof.co.in/blog/hindi-tenses/ (2) http://www.englishseekhon.com/use-of-present-perfect-continuous-tense-in-hindi.html