The present continuous tense in Mongolian is equivalent to the -ing usage in English.
Affirmative form (-ж/ч байна). | Negative form (-хгүй байна). | Question form (-ж/ч байна уу?) |
Би хоол идэж байна. I am eating food. | Би хоол идэхгүй байна. I am not eating food. | Чи хоол идэж байна уу? Are you eating food? |
Би хувцсаа угааж байна. I am washing my clothes. | Би хувцсаа угаахгүй байна. I am not washing my clothes. | Чи хувцсаа угааж байна уу? Are you washing your clothes? |
Note: When to use ж, ч ending with байна.
Verb stems ending with vowels or soft sign | Verb stems ending with г, с, в, p | Verb stems ending with ц, з, д, т, х | Verb stems ending with ж, ч, ш | Verb stems ending with л, в, р | |
-ч байна | |||||
-ж байна | |||||
-(а4)ж байна | |||||
-(и)ж |