A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c17.s2.136
A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c17.s2.136
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v3.c17.s2.136
Next, a past habitual, by adding the aorist of the auxiliary to the present tense, as बसत असे “he was in the habit of sitting.” It will be remembered that in M. the aorist has the sense of a past habitual in modern times. This compound tense seems to differ very little in meaning from the simple tense.