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had
/hæd/
 
vt.
 
1.
Def.: duen e
MS: duen e
past of have.
I had a dog but it died.
Duen e asu ku piru migpatey.
 
v-aux.
 
2.
Def.: Egkahamit seini ke eglalag ki te weil ne neimpusan e te ware pad duma ne weil ne miglihad.
If you had done something, you did it before another event in the past (had PAST PARTICIPLE = past perfect tense).
I was not hungry because I had already eaten dinner.
Wara ad gutasi su nekeimpus ad miglabung.
 
v-aux.
 
3.
Def.: Egkahamit seini ke eglalag ki te weil ne migbunsud te miglihad e ne timpu, wey pabulus pad taman te duma ne timpu ne miglihad.
If you had been doing something, you started before another time in the past and continued until that time (had been VERB-ing = past perfect progressive tense).
When my friends arrived, I had been waiting for 30 minutes.
Te miggingume e ka me alukuy ku, nakatetahad ad te tatelu ne pulù ne minutu.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0001-0025
Status: ready

Last updated: 21/Sep/2012