करता रहा

kept doing

→ करना

phrase Rare #8,641

kept doing Used with a masculine singular subject to show that an action continued over a period of time. The verb can change to match the action, as in इंतज़ार करता रहा, “kept waiting.”

HI: वह पूरी शाम पढ़ता रहा।

EN: He kept reading all evening.

फिर इंतज़ार करता रहा।

Then I kept waiting.

हीरा मना करता रहा, पर उसने एक न सुनी।

Heera kept refusing, but she wouldn't listen.

मास्टरबेट करता रहा।

He kept masturbating.

— OMG 2 (2023)

वह क़ैदी के आने का धैर्य से इंतज़ार करता रहा।

He waited patiently for the prisoner to arrive.

एक और साल लाइब्रेरी में काम करता रहा।

He worked at the library for another year.

— 12th Fail (2023)