Was - were
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The document discusses the past tense forms of the verb "to be" in English and Catalan. It notes that "to be" is the only verb that has two past tense forms (was/were) depending on the subject. It provides examples of the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the past tense of "to be" translated between English and Catalan. For each person (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they), it lists the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms.
Was - were
- 1. El passat de TO BE: WAS / WERE El verb to be 辿s l炭nic verb en passat que t辿 dues formes segons la persona a qui es refereix. Forma de present Forma de passat I am (Jo s坦c o estic) I was (Jo era o estava) You are (Tu ets o ests) You were (Tu eres o estaves) He is (Ell 辿s o est) He was (Ell era o estava) She is (Ella 辿s o est) She was (Ella era o estava) It is (Aix嘆 o all嘆 辿s o est) It was (All嘆 o aix嘆 era o estava) We are (Nosaltres som o estan) We were (Nosaltres 辿rem o estvem) You are (Vosaltres sou o esteu) You were (Vosaltres 辿reu o estveu) They are (Ells s坦n o estan) They were (Ells eren o estaven) Tamb辿 t辿 la seva forma negativa i interrogativa. Forma afirmativa Forma negativa Forma interrogativa I was I was not Was I ? You were You were not Were you ? He was He was not Was he ? She was She was not Was she ? It was It was not Was it ? We were We were not Were we ? You were You were not Were you ? They were They were not Were they ? Exemples a) FORMA AFIRMATIVA Angl竪s Catal I was at home. Jo era o estava a casa You were happy. Tu eres o estaves feli巽. He was sick. Ell estava malalt. She was in Atlanta. Ella estava a Atlanta It was a mistake. All嘆 era un error. We were hungry. Nosaltres ten鱈em gana. You were tired. Vosaltres estveu cansats. They were sad. Ells estaven tristos.
- 2. b) FORMA NEGATIVA Angl竪s Catal I was not at home. Jo no era o estava a casa You were not happy. Tu no eres o no estaves feli巽. He was not sick. Ell no estava malalt. She was not in Atlanta. Ella no estava a Atlanta. It was not a mistake. All嘆 no era un error. We were not hungry. Nosaltres no ten鱈em gana. You were not tired. Vosaltres no estveu cansats. They were not sad. Ells no estaven tristos. c) FORMA INTERROGATIVA Angl竪s Catal Was I at home? Estava jo a casa? Were you happy? Eres o estaves feli巽? Was he sick? Estava ell malalt? Was she in Atlanta? Estava ella a Atlanta? Was it a mistake? Era un error? Were we hungry? Ten鱈em gana? Were you tired? Estveu cansats? Were they sad? Estaven tristos?