past tense en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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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).
This is a report on a study of the use of the past tense forms in the 53 Japanese samples compiled for the Louvain International Database of Spoken English Interlanguage (LINDSEI) project.
2004, Tomoko Koneko, “The Use of Past Tense Forms by Japanese Learners of English”, in Junsaku Nakamura, Nagayuki Inoue, Tomoji Tabata, editors, English Corpora under Japanese Eyes, Rodopi, page 215:Some members of the [Mongolic language] family have three or more different affixes which seem to be markers of the past tense, so that in Khalkha, for example, irev, irjee, irlee, and irsen all can translate, and be translated by, the English past tense verb came.
2012, Robert I. Binnick, The Past Tenses of the Mongolian Verb, BRILL, page 1:As you have studied Spanish, you have probably had the feeling that there are just too many past tenses.
2009, Eric W. Vogt, Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Past-Tense Verbs Up Close, McGraw Hill, page v:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| past tenses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (123)
ja 過去形 (grammatical form) · sl preteklik (grammatical form) · uz oʻtgan zamon (grammatical form) · tk öten zaman (grammatical form) · th อดีตกาล (grammatical form) · ar فِعْل مَاضٍ (grammatical form) · lv pagātne (grammatical form) · hy անցյալ ժամանակ (grammatical form) · cmn 過去式 /过去式 (grammatical form) · sh prošlo vrijeme (grammatical form) · mn өнгөрсөн цаг (grammatical form) · ca passat (grammatical form) · ru проше́дшее вре́мя (grammatical form) · tg мози (grammatical form) · sq kohë e shkuar (grammatical form) · ur ماضی (grammatical form) · crh keçken zaman (grammatical form) · lt būtasis laikas (grammatical form) · ar الْفِعْل الْمَاضِي (grammatical form) · nn preteritum (grammatical form) · bua үнгэрһэн саг (grammatical form) · ml ഭൂതകാലം (grammatical form) · br amzer-dremenet (grammatical form) · nog озган заман (grammatical form) · fa-ira گُذَشْتِه (grammatical form) · rue минулый час (grammatical form) · cy amser gorffennol (grammatical form) · cjs эрткен тем (grammatical form) · cmn 過去時 /过去时 (grammatical form) · sh прошло време (grammatical form) · vi thời quá khứ (grammatical form) · hu múlt idő (grammatical form) · ar مَاضٍ (grammatical form) · fi kertoma (grammatical form) · sh prošlo vreme (grammatical form) · fi imperfekti (grammatical form) · alt ӧткӧн ӧй (grammatical form) · km អតីតកាល (grammatical form) · pt pretérito (grammatical form) · gu ભૂતકાળ (grammatical form) · id kala lampau (grammatical form) · udm ортчем дыр (grammatical form) · nb datid (grammatical form) · el αόριστος (grammatical form) · ang forþġewiten tīd (grammatical form) · eu lehenaldi (grammatical form) · wa passé (grammatical form) · is þátíð (grammatical form) · az keçmiş zaman (grammatical form) · sv dåtid (grammatical form) · sv imperfekt (grammatical form) · cs minulý čas (grammatical form) · hy անցյալ (grammatical form) · ta இறந்தகாலம் (grammatical form) · tg гузашта (grammatical form) · es pretérito (grammatical form) · uk мину́лий час (grammatical form) · ug ئۆتكەن زامان (grammatical form) · pl czas przeszły (grammatical form) · tl panahunang pangnagdaan (grammatical form) · sv preteritum (grammatical form) · te భూతకాలము (grammatical form) · ur زَمانَۂ ماضی (grammatical form) · fa-ira زَمانِ گُذَشْتِه (grammatical form) · tg замони гузашта (grammatical form) · sk minulý čas (grammatical form) · ky өткөн чак (grammatical form) · pt passado (grammatical form) · nv tʼáá íídą́ą́ʼ (grammatical form) · fr passé (grammatical form) · ko 과거시제 (grammatical form) · ro timp trecut (grammatical form) · cv иртнӗ вӑхӑт (grammatical form) · mk минато време (grammatical form) · sk préteritum (grammatical form) · es tiempo pasado (grammatical form) · gd tràth caithte (grammatical form) · ko 과거형 (grammatical form) · sah ааспыт кэм (grammatical form) · sh прошло вријеме (grammatical form) · af verlede tyd (grammatical form) · de Vergangenheit (grammatical form) · nn datid (grammatical form) · vi thì quá khứ (grammatical form) · kk өткен шақ (grammatical form) · be міну́лы час (grammatical form) · fo tátíð (grammatical form) · tr geçmiş zaman (grammatical form) · da datid (grammatical form) · hi भूतकाल (grammatical form) · de Präteritum (grammatical form) · sv förfluten tid (grammatical form) · tl naganap (grammatical form) · tyv эрткен үе (grammatical form) · nl verleden tijd (grammatical form) · tt үткән заман (grammatical form) · bo འདས་པ (grammatical form) · ms masa lampau (grammatical form) · kum гетген заман (grammatical form) · ca pretèrit (grammatical form) · bg ми́нало вре́ме (grammatical form) · fa-ira ماضی (grammatical form) · cmn 過去時態 /过去时态 (grammatical form) · hi भूत काल (grammatical form) · da præteritum (grammatical form) · ka ნამყო (grammatical form) · xal өңгрсн цаг (grammatical form) · it passato (grammatical form) · mi wāmua (grammatical form) · hi माज़ी (grammatical form) · lv pagātnes laiks (grammatical form) · sl pretekli čas (grammatical form) · cmn 過去式 /过去式 (grammatical form) · nb preteritum (grammatical form) · bn অতীত কাল (grammatical form) · la praeteritum (grammatical form) · et minevik (grammatical form) · ba үткән заман (grammatical form) · fy doetiid (grammatical form) · ar الْمَاضِي (grammatical form) · la tempus praeteritum (grammatical form) · ja 過去時制 (grammatical form) · sq koha e shkuar (grammatical form)