THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE (PROŠLO TRAJNO VREME)
Past Continuous Tense (Prošlo trajno vreme) se gradi od glagola TO BE u Past Simple Tense-u (Prostom prošlom vremenu), tj. was/were i present participle-a (sadašnjeg participa) glavnog glagola
Potvrdni oblik
Jednina (singular) |
Množina (plural) |
I was working – Ja sam radio |
We were working – Mi smo radili |
You were working – Ti si radio |
You were working – Vi ste radili |
He was working – On je radio She was working – Ona je radila It was working – Ono je radio |
They were working – Oni su radili |
Upitni oblik glagola u Past Continuous Tense-u (Prošlom trajnom vremenu) se gradi inverzijom (u odnosu na potvrdni oblik) pomoćnog glagola TO BE (u prošlom vremenu) i lične zamenice.
Upitni oblik – Yes/No questions
Jednina (singular) |
Množina (plural) |
Was I working? – Da li sam ja radio? |
Were we working? – Da li smo mi radili? |
Were you working? – Da li si ti radio? |
Were you working? – Da li ste vi radili? |
Was he working? – Da li je on radio? Was she working? – Da li je ona radila? Was it working? – Da li je ono radilo? |
Were they working? – Da li su oni radili? |
Na Yes/No pitanja se odgovara kratkim odgovorima (Short answers) na sledeći način:
Was I working? – Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t Were we working? - Yes, we were / No, we weren’t
Were you working? – Yes, you were / No, you weren’t. Were you working? – Yes you were /No, you weren’t
Was he working? – Yes, he was / No, he wasn’t Were they working? –Yes, they were / No, they weren’t
Was she working? – Yes, she was / No, she wasn’t
Was it working? – Yes, it was / No, it wasn’t
Upitni oblik – Wh- questions
Jednina (singular) |
Množina (plural) |
Where was I working? – Gde sam ja radio? |
Where were we working? – Gde smo mi radili? |
Where were you working? – Gde si ti radio? |
Where were you working? – Gde ste vi radili? |
Where was he working? – Gde je on radio? Where was she working? – Gde je ona radila? Where was it working? – Gde je ono radilo? |
Where were they working? – Gde su oni radili? |
Odrični oblik Past Continuous Tense-a (Prošlog trajnog vremena) se gradi od odričnog obika pomoćnog glagola TO BE u prošlom vremnu i Present Participle-a (sadašnjeg participa) glavnog glagola.
Odrični oblik
Jednina (singular) |
Množina (plural) |
I was not (I wasn`t) working – Ja nisam radio |
We were not (weren`t) working – Mi nismo radili |
You were not (weren`t) working – Ti nisi radio |
You were not (weren`t) working – Vi niste radili |
He was not (wasn`t) working – On nije radio She was not (wasn`t) working – Ona nije radila It was not (wasn`t) working – Ono nije radilo |
They were not (weren`t) working – Oni nisu radili |
Upotreba:
Past Continuous Tense (Prošlo trajno vreme) se koristi za:
· Radnju koja je u prošlosti duže vreme trajala:
She was reading a book all day yesterday. (Ona je ceo dan juče čitala knjigu.)
· Dve radnje koje su se u prošlom vremenu paralelno dešavale:
While I was watching TV, my sister was doing her homework. (Dok sam ja gledao TV, moja sestra je radila svoj domaći.)
· Prošlu radnju koja je duže trajala a prekinuta je nekom drugom prošlom radnjom. Ta druga radnja se obično izražava prostim prošlim vremenom (Past simple tense):
I was watching TV when the telephone rang. (Ja sam gledao TV kada je telefon zazvonio.)
When we arrived they were playing cards. (Kada smo stigli oni su igrali karte.)
Napomena: Glagoli koji se ne koriste u Present Continuous Tense-u, ne koriste se ni u Past Continuous Tense-u. Umesto njih se obično koristi glagol u Past Simple Tense-u.