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Past Continuous (trajni preteklik)

Past Continuous

Past Continuous opisuje dejanje, ki je potekalo v določenem trenutku v preteklosti. Tvorimo ga z was/were + verb-ing. Pogosto ga uporabljamo skupaj s časom Past Simple, da pokažemo, da je potekajoče dejanje prekinil krajši dogodek.

KDAJ UPORABITI

Uporabljaj ga za dejanje, ki je potekalo v določenem trenutku v preteklosti, za dve sočasni pretekli dejanji ali kadar daljše preteklo dejanje prekine krajše (pogosto z 'when' ali 'while').

STRUKTURA

positiveS+was/were+V-ing

They were playing football all afternoon.

Vse popoldne **so igrali** nogomet.

negativeS+wasn't/weren't+V-ing

She wasn't sleeping when I called.

Ko sem poklical, **ni spala**.

questionWas/Were+S+V-ing?

Were you studying at 8 o'clock last night?

**Ali si se** sinoči ob osmih **učil**?

SIGNALNE BESEDE

while
when
at that moment
at 8 o'clock yesterday
all morning
all day

PRIMERI

I was reading when she called.
**Bral sem**, ko je poklicala.
They were playing football all afternoon.
Vse popoldne **so igrali** nogomet.
What were you doing at 8 o'clock last night?
Kaj **si počel** sinoči ob osmih?
She was cooking while he was watching TV.
Ona **je kuhala**, medtem ko **je** on **gledal** televizijo.
It was raining when we left the house.
Ko smo odšli od doma, **je deževalo**.

PRAVOPISNA PRAVILA

Večina glagolov	dodaj -ing	play → playing, read → reading
Konča se na nemi -e	odstrani -e, dodaj -ing	make → making, drive → driving
Kratek glagol, ki se konča na soglasnik-samoglasnik-soglasnik	podvoji končni soglasnik + -ing	run → running, sit → sitting

POGOSTE NAPAKE

I was read when she called.

I was reading when she called.

Past Continuous zahteva was/were + V-ing, ne le osnovne oblike glagola

While I was studying, she arrived.

While I was studying, she arrived. ✓ (this is correct!)

To je pravzaprav pravilno! 'while' + Past Continuous, ki ga prekine Past Simple

Nasvet

Zapomni si klasični vzorec: 'I WAS doing X when something happened.' Past Continuous (was doing) = dolgo dejanje v ozadju. Past Simple (happened) = kratko dejanje, ki ga prekine.