Past Indefinite Tense

অতীত কালের কোন কাজ এবং অতীতের কোন অভ্যাস কে বোঝাতে past indefinite tense ব্যবহৃত হয়।

The past indefinite Tense describes an action completed in the past or a habit of past.

 

বাংলায় চেনার উপায়: বাংলায় ক্রিয়ার শেষে ল, লাম, ত, তাম, তে, তেন,ছিল, অথবা, ছিলাম থাকলে সাধারণত past tense হয়ে থাকে।    

Example:

  • I went to the market - আমি বাজারে গিয়েছিলাম।
  • He ate rice - সে ভাত খেলো।
  • They played cricket - তারা ক্রিকেট খেলেছিল।

Structure of the sentence: The past form of the verb or the second form of the verb is used as the main verb.

Positive sentence:

Subject + past form of verb + object.

Example:

  • He bought a book
  • They went to the shopping mall.
  • I revised the lesson.

Negative sentence:

Subject + did + not + present form of the verb + object.

Example:

  • He did not eat rice.
  • They did not laugh at the poor.
  • I did not go to the market.

Interrogative sentence:

Did + subject + present form of the verb + object + note of interrogation (?)

Example:

  • Did you eat rice?
  • Did you come home?
  • Did they finish the work?

Past indefinite tense with was/were:

Positive sentence:

Subject + was/were + object.

Example:

  • I was at school.
  • He did the work.
  • You were in Thailand.

Note: I/he/she/it এবং subject যদি singular number হয় তাহলে was বসে, you/they/we এবং subject যদি plural number হয় তাহলে were বসে।

Negative sentence:

Subject + was not/were not + object.

Example:

  • He was not happy with me.
  • You were not in Chittagong.
  • She was not sick.

Interrogative sentence:

Was/were + subject + object + note of interrogation (?)

Example:

  • Were you in Africa?
  • Was she sick?
  • Were you my friend?
Reference: Grammar Hub