Most of family life is routine. To talk about any of this, you need the present habitual, the Hindi form for things that happen regularly. It is built from pieces you already know: a verb stem, a gender ending from Episode 183 and the verb "to be" from Episode 182. In this episode: • The formula • One verb, every person • A day at home • How often: frequency words • Saying "don't": nahin and the disappearing hai • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key Hindi from this episode: मैं रोज़ चाय पीता हूँ (main roz chai peeta hoon) = I drink tea every day, said by a man. हम रोज़ चाय पीते हैं (ham roz chai peete hain) = We drink tea every day. मैं काम करता हूँ / करती हूँ (main kaam karta hoon / karti hoon) = I work. आप काम करते हैं (aap kaam karte hain) = you work, polite. वह काम करता है (vah kaam karta hai) = he works. वह काम करती है (vah kaam karti hai) = she works. वे काम करते हैं (ve kaam karte hain) = they work. मैं छह बजे उठती हूँ (main chhah baje uthti hoon) = I get up at six, said by a woman. मम्मी नाश्ता बनाती हैं (Mummy naashta banaati hain) = Mummy makes breakfast. रोज़ (roz) = every day हमेशा (hamesha) = always अक्सर (aksar) = often कभी कभी (kabhi kabhi) = sometimes हर हफ़्ते (har hafte) = every week वह हमेशा देर से आता है (vah hamesha der se aata hai) = He always comes late. हम कभी कभी बाहर खाते हैं (ham kabhi kabhi bahar khaate hain) = We sometimes eat out. मैं चाय नहीं पीता (main chai nahin peeta) = I don't drink tea. वह मिर्च नहीं खाती (vah mirch nahin khaati) = She doesn't eat chilli. हम टीवी ज़्यादा नहीं देखते (ham TV zyaada nahin dekhte) = We don't watch much TV. Season 3 · Spoken Hindi at Home: the complete self-study course for English speakers. Every Hindi item is given in Devanagari, Hinglish and English. Take the 52-question quiz after listening. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.