past tense
A grammatical form that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that…A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).
» Sami was talking in the past tense.
Сами говорил в прошедшем времени.
Meaning
1 sensesA grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).
Vergangenheit, Präteritum
проше́дшее вре́мяprošédšeje vrémja
мину́лий часmynúlyj čas
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
Examples
8 sentencesSami was talking in the past tense.
ruСами говорил в прошедшем времени. — Ivanovb
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"Past tense" is used in connection with actions in the past.
Why are future tenses a lot easier to learn than present and past tenses?
Translations
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Forms
plural: past tenses| Singular | past tense |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past:past