Dictionary

simple past en · NOUN

Etymology

“Simple” because the tense is formed without any auxiliary verb.

Meanings

1. A tense used to describe something that happened in the past, formed by the inflection of a single word, without any auxiliary verb such as be or have.

Forms

Coordinates

present perfect (grammatical tense) · future continuous (grammatical tense) · future-perfect-in-the-past (grammatical tense) · future simple (grammatical tense) · past continuous (grammatical tense) · future-in-the-past simple (grammatical tense) · future perfect (grammatical tense) · present continuous (grammatical tense) · past perfect continuous (grammatical tense) · present participle (grammatical tense) · past perfect (grammatical tense) · present (grammatical tense) · future perfect continuous (grammatical tense) · present perfect continuous (grammatical tense) · past participle (grammatical tense)

Synonyms

preterite · preterit

Translations (34)

pt passado simples (the simple past tense) · hu egyszerű múlt (the simple past tense) · fi imperfekti (the simple past tense) · pl czas przeszły prosty (the simple past tense) · eo preterito (the simple past tense) · tr geçmiş zamanın hikayesi (the simple past tense) · tr -di'li geçmiş zaman (the simple past tense) · fi preteriti (the simple past tense) · tr geçmiş zaman (the simple past tense) · az şühudi keçmiş (the simple past tense) · eo estinto (the simple past tense) · pt pretérito perfeito simples (the simple past tense) · nn preteritum (the simple past tense) · nl onvoltooid verleden tijd (the simple past tense) · el αόριστος (the simple past tense) · eo estinteco (the simple past tense) · kmr dema borî (the simple past tense) · ru проше́дшее вре́мя (the simple past tense) · da datid (the simple past tense) · fa ماضی ساده (the simple past tense) · pt pretérito perfeito (the simple past tense) · nb preteritum (the simple past tense) · fr imparfait (the simple past tense) · nrf sîmpl'ye pâssé (the simple past tense) · de Präteritum (the simple past tense) · ro perfect simplu (the simple past tense) · pt pretérito simples (the simple past tense) · fr passé simple (the simple past tense) · ru просто́е проше́дшее вре́мя (the simple past tense) · sv preteritum (the simple past tense) · fa گذشته ساده (the simple past tense) · es pretérito (the simple past tense) · da præteritum (the simple past tense) · fr passé (the simple past tense)