Distributive Meaning

You *can*, and it would technically mean 'I, walking, fell.' But standard Hindi heavily prefers the adverbial oblique form: मैं chalte-chalte gir गया (main chalte-chalte gir gaya).

They are very similar! Chalte hue focuses more on the *state* (in a walking state). Chalte-chalte focuses on the *duration* or *repetition* of the action.

Often with this pattern! Hote-hote (gradually happening) or karte-karte (gradually doing). For example: Dheere-dheere is 'slowly-slowly'.

Yes. The te-te part doesn't hold tense itself; it takes the tense from the main verb. वो chalte-chalte gira (Woh chalte-chalte gira) (He fell - past).

It means 'what all' or 'which specific things.' It asks for a distributed list of items rather than a single category.

Yes! Ek-ek means 'one by one' or 'each one.' It distributes the number एक (ek) across a group.

No, you generally don't say nahi-nahi karke. You would just say नहीं karke (nahi karke) or use a different structure.

Context matters! Usually, it means 'while sitting for a long time' or 'while idling.' It rarely means the physical act of sitting down and standing up over and over.

You can say din-ba-din (Urdu style) or din-pratidin. But using reduplication, you might hear din-din in poetic contexts, though it's rare in speech.

It's standard Hindi, used in both formal and informal contexts. In very high formal Hindi, you might see karte hue more, but karte-karte is acceptable everywhere.

It stays chalte-chalte. हम chalte-chalte thak गये (Hum chalte-chalte thak gaye) (We got tired while walking).

Yes. मैं tv dekhte-dekhte khaunga (Main TV dekhte-dekhte khaunga) (I will eat while watching TV).

No! It usually means you *almost* died or were in the process of dying but didn't necessarily finish the act. वो marte-marte bacha (Woh marte-marte bacha) (He barely escaped death).

Yes! Lal-lal tamatar means 'very red tomatoes' or 'lots of red tomatoes.' It adds intensity or distribution.

It means 'on the way out' or 'while leaving.' Example: jaate-jaate darwaza बंद कर देना (Jaate-jaate darwaza band kar dena) (Close the door on your way out).

Yes! This is a compound pair meaning 'while eating and drinking' or referring to a well-off lifestyle (khaate-peete घर का (khaate-peete ghar ka) - from a well-to-do family).

Alag means different/separate. Alag-alag emphasizes that *each* one is different from the others (distributive difference).

It can be. It often refers to something happening casually or unexpectedly during the course of something else.

You can add ही (hi) for emphasis: chalte ही chalte (chalte hi chalte) (walking and only walking), though this is less common than just repeating.

Only if you are calling him repeatedly or saying 'Rahul, Rahul' in frustration. It doesn't have a grammatical distributive meaning.