Introduction
Trajni preteklik (ali progresivni) [past continuous or progressive] je čas, ki ga uporabljamo za opisovanje situacij, ki so se zgodile v preteklosti, in so bile v teku v kateremkoli trenutku nekega časovnega obdobja.
Ko je v trdilni obliki, glagol potrjuje, da se je nekaj dogajalo v preteklem časovnem obdobju.
Form
Subject + was/were + [verb + -ing] + …
- Was/were: past simple glagola to be.
Subject | was/were | Verb + -ing |
---|---|---|
I | was | working |
You | were | working |
He/She/It | was | working |
We/You/They | were | working |
Example
- Daljše dogajanje v ozadju, ki ga prekine krajše dejanje
- I was running in the park when you sent me that message.
- She was doing sport when I called her.
- They were watching TV when she got back from work.
- Dogodek, ki je potekal v točno določenem času v preteklosti
- It was 9 o’ clock when I was running in the park.
- I called her at 11:45 and she was doing sport.
- She returned from work at 7 o’ clock and they were still watching TV.
- Neprekinjeno dejanje, ki je potekalo nekaj časa
- I was running.
- He was crossing the road.
- We were watching TV during our break.
- Dolžina preteklega časovnega obdobja
- I was working in the bakery last summer.
- She was doing sports every day last year.
- They were watching TV all day when they were young.
- Pretekla dejanja, ki so potekala hkrati
- I was running while she was walking.
- She was doing sport while her mother was cooking.
- We were talking while the kids were watching TV.
- Zaporednost preteklih dejanj
- I went to the park, the kids were playing on the grass, their parents were sitting on the fence and some teenagers were running.
- She went home and her mother was working on the laptop, her father was watching tv and her sister was studying.
- We went to the doctor today and while waiting, some patients were reading magazines, some were talking on the phone and the secretary was typing on the computer.
- Ponavljajoče se ali nadležno dejanje (z always)
- I was always going to class late.
- She was doing sports every day for years to become a good athlete.
- They were always watching TV on high volume late at night.
Use
Past continuous je čas, ki ga v trdilni obliki uporabljamo za potrjevanje dejanj ali aktivnosti iz preteklosti. Ponavadi želimo pokazati, da so trajala/e dolgo časa.
Past continuous uporabljamo v naslednjih primerih:
- Daljše dejanje v ozadju, ki ga prekine nepričakovano krajše dejanje (nenadoma se nekaj zgodi, medtem ko drugo daljše dejanje že poteka);
- Dogodek, ki je potekal v točno določenem času v preteklosti (izraženi so datum, ura ali specifične informacije o dogodku, ki je potekal v preteklosti);
- Neprekinjeno dejanje, ki je potekalo nekaj časa (dogodek, ki je dalj časa potekal v preteklosti);
- Dolžina časovnega obdobja v preteklosti (dogodek, ki je dalj časa potekal v preteklosti);
- Pretekla istočasna dejanja (dva dogodka sta se zgodila istočasno);
- Zaporednost dejanj v preteklosti (ponavadi uporabljamo za opis situacij, v katerih je več dogodkov potekalo istočasno);
- Ponavljajoče se ali nadležno dejanje (z always ali s podobnimi izrazi, ki namigujejo na idejo ponavljajočega se dogodka).
Summary
Trajni preteklik [past continuous] v trdilni obliki uporabljamo za potrjevanje situacij, ki so se zgodile v preteklosti in so potekale ob vsakem trenutku nekega časovnega obdobja.
Struktura je:
Subject + was/were + [verb + -ing] + …
Na primer:
— “I was playing football when the phone rang.” = Past continuous uporabljamo za izražanje situacije v teku, ki jo dojemamo kot situacijo iz ozadja, ki jo zmoti nenadno dejanje (izraženo s past simplom).
♦ “I played football.” = Past simple uporabljamo za izražanje ideje dejanja, ki se je začelo in zaključilo v preteklosti.
Ponovi to vsebino v delu {Form} in si poglej del {Example}, ki prikazuje rabo v kontekstu.