In the present continuous tense, negative forms are made using NOT, and and question forms are made by changing the word order of the sentence.
වර්ථමාන කෙරෙමින් පවතින ක්රියා වල නැත යන අර්ථය සාදා ගන්නේ යන පදය භාවිතයෙනි.
Negatives in the simple present are formed by adding
not or
n't after the verb BE: සාමාන්ය වර්ථමානයේදී BE යන ක්රියාව
am/are ලෙස වෙනස්වේ. එය විවිධ විධියට යෙදෙන අයුර බලන්න.
Positive sentence |
Negative sentence |
Contracted negative |
I am eating. |
I am not eating. |
I'm not eating. |
You are working. |
You are not working. |
You aren't working. |
He is driving. |
He is not driving. |
He isn't driving. |
She is teaching. |
She is not teaching. |
She isn't teaching. |
It is raining. |
It is not raining. |
It isn't raining. |
We are reading. |
We are not reading. |
We aren't reading. |
They are writing. |
They are not writing. |
They aren't writing. |
Forming a question
Yes/no questions are created by moving the verb BE to the beginning of the sentence. WH-questions are formed by moving the verb BE, and then adding the WH- word.
එහි ප්රශ්නය සෑදීමේදී ක්රියාවේ අදාල පදය වාක්යය මුලට ගෙනවිත් තිබෙන හැටි බලන්න.
Statement |
Yes/no question |
Wh- question |
I am eating. |
Am I eating? |
What am I eating? |
You are crying. |
Are you crying? |
Why are you crying? |
He is going. |
Is he going? |
Where is he going? |
She is arriving. |
Is she arriving? |
When is she arriving? |
It is sleeping. |
Is it sleeping? |
Why is it sleeping? |
We are leaving. |
Are we leaving? |
When are we leaving? |
They are fighting. |
Are they fighting? |
Why are they fighting? |
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