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No. 495 in Urdu

رہے

The Urdu word "رہے" means "are" or "remain" (denoting a continuous or ongoing state).

In a sentence

  • ہم باغ میں کھیل رہے ہیں۔

    We are playing in the garden.

    Here, 'رہے' is used in the present progressive tense to indicate an ongoing action by male plural subjects.

  • وہ بہت دنوں سے بیمار رہ رہے ہیں۔

    He has been staying ill for many days.

    In this sentence, 'رہے' conveys ongoing state or continuation of a condition for a male subject in the past.

  • کتے سارا دن بھونکتے رہے۔

    The dogs kept barking all day.

    Here, 'رہے' is used to describe a continuous action in the past performed by male plural subjects.

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