Present Dubious Tense Urdu - English Urdu Grammar

Definition

A verb showing a dubitative condition of some action in present time is called present dubious or dubitative tense.

Note:- This tense shows a dubitative condition of an action in present.

Example

1. She may be calling you.
2. He may be smoking.
3. They may be watching a new Movie.

Helping Verbs

Note :- "May be" and "Might be" are the helping verbs of Present Dubious Tense.

Example

1. I may be calling you.
2. We might be smoking.
3. You may be watching a new Movie.

Formation(Syntax)

Conjugation

Note:- "May be" and "Might be" are followed by all subjects.

Example

1. I may be cooking Biryani.
2. We may be cooking Biryani.
3. You may be cooking Biryani.
4. He may be cooking Biryani.
5. She may be cooking Biryani.
6. It may be cooking Biryani.
7. They may be cooking Biryani.
8. Alia may be cooking Biryani.
9. Alia and Safia may be cooking Biryani.

Emphatic Sentences

Note:- For emphatic sentences, we use must be instead of may be and might be.

Example

1. Our parents must be wanting to see us happy.
2. My personality must be attracting others.
3. You must be repeating your work.

Sentence Transformations

Note:- A transformation of an Assertive sentence into Negative sentence, Interrogative sentence, and Interrogative Negative sentence.

Assertive

1. I may be feeling cold.
2. He may be falling off his bicycle.
3. Girls may be wanting selfish love.

Negative

1. I may not be feeling cold.
2. He may not be falling off his bicycle.
3. Girls may not be wanting selfish love.

Interrogative

1. May I be feeling cold?
2. May He be falling off his bicycle?
3. May Girls be wanting selfish love?

Interrogative Negative

1. May I not be feeling cold?
2. May He not be falling off his bicycle?
3. May Girls not be wanting selfish love?