Past Tense Continuous
1) RABA
1) Za dejanja, ki niso bila zaključena ob določenem času v preteklosti (nedovršna dejanja):
- Peter was cleaning the bathroom yesterday evening. =Peter je čistil kopalnico včeraj zvečer.
- Tanja was watching a documentary. =Tanja je gledala dokumentarec.
2) Kadar govorimo o zaključenih/dovršenih dejanjih, uporabljamo “Past Simple”:
- Peter cleaned the bathroom yesterday evening. =Peter je očistil kopalnico včeraj zvečer.
- Tanja watched a documentary. =Tanja je pogledala dokumentarec.
3) Kadar sta se dve dejanji dogajali ob istem času (ti dejanji nimata vpliva eno na drugo):
- Nataša was telephoning while Matjaž was having a shower. =Nataša je telefonirala, medtem ko se je Matjaž tuširal.
4) Skupaj s “Simple Past”:
- While we were watchingTV, the earth shook. =Ko smo gledali televizijo, se je zemlja stresla.
Past Continuous: were watching TV
Past Simple: the earth shook
Dejanje v “Past Simple” je zmotilo/prekinilo dejanje v “Past Continuous”.
5) Ponavljajoča se dejanja, ki so govorcu nadležna (skupaj s prislovi “always, constantly, forever”):
- Andrew was always forgetting things. =Andrew je vedno pozabljal stvari.
Tu s časom povemo, da nam to ni bilo všeč/nam je “šlo na živce”.
“Simple Past”:
Andrew always forgot things.
Andrew je vedno pozabil stvari.
Tu ne namigujemo, da nam to ni bilo všeč oziroma, da nam je “šlo na živce”.
2) OBLIKA
Ustrezna oblika glagola “to be” v pretekliku (“was, were”) + nedoločnik + obrazilo “-ing”
was: z “I/he/she/it”
were: z “we/you/they”
3) TRDILNE/NIKALNE/VPRAŠALNE POVEDI
+
I/he/she/it was eating dinner.
We/you/they were eating dinner.
Tu ni kratkih oblik.
–
I/he/she/it was not eating dinner.
We/you/they were not eating dinner.
“Past Continuous” v nikalnih povedih se pogosto uporablja s krajšimi oblikami:
I/he/she/it wasn’t eating dinner.
We/you/they weren’t eating dinner.
?
Pomožni glagol (“was/were” pride pred osebek), torej je vrstni red pomožni glagol– osebek – polnopomenski glagoli – preostali del stavka:
Was I/he/she/it eating dinner?
Were we/you/they eating dinner?
4) PRIMERI PRISLOVOV
“While” (v slovenščini “medtem ko”; v tem delu povedi imamo ponavadi “Past Continuous”, ker nam že “while” pomensko pove, da je nekaj dlje časa trajalo):
- While I was walking down the street, I met my good friend. = Medtem ko sem hodila po ulici, sem srečala svojo dobro prijateljico.
was walking: daljše dejanje
met: krajše dejanje
While she was cooking, he was hoovering. =Ko je kuhala, je on sesal.
Tu imamo dve daljši dejanji.
was cooking: daljše dejanje
was hoovering: daljše dejanje
“When” (v tem delu povedi imamo ponavadi “Past Simple” in kratko, dovršeno dejanje):
- I was walking home when it started raining. = Hodila sem domov, ko je začelo deževati.
was walking: daljše dejanje
started: krajše dejanje
“From 5 to 6 o’clock” (časovni prislovi, ki že sami po sebi povedo, da nekaj dlje časa traja):
I was playing tennis from nine to ten in the morning. =Od devetih do desetih zjutraj sem igrala tenis.
5) ČRKOVANJE
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