text_combined: summary hindi urdu tenseaspect original question stemmed comment bailey urdu grammar 1956 following construction mayng khaataa hung eat participle 1s bailey insists construction despite looking like typical progressive construction must translated eat eating bailey 1956 139 rather following constructions contrast according translations mayng bactaa hung escape part 1s escape mayng bac rahaa hung escape stay en 1s escaping bailey 1956 42 respondents able confirm first excludes progressive reading construction stay must used progressive appears hold urdu hindi dialects subsequent research suggests phenomenon operates neighbouring punjabi thanx responded