WAS/WERE kdaj kaj???
Was in were sta PRETEKLI obliki glagola “to be”. V sedanjosti je to am, are, is.
Sedanjost – Present Continuos:
ednina:
I am working.
You are working.
He (she, it) was working.
množina – Present Continous:
We (you, they) are working.
Preteklost – Past Continuosu::
ednina:
I was working.
You were working.
He (she, it) was working.
množina – Past Continuos:
We (you, they) were working.
Sedanjost – t.i. “stavki brez glagola”, torej samo s pomožnim glagolom:
ednina:
I am happy.
You are happy.
She (he, it) is happy.
množina:
We (you, they) are happy.
Preteklost:
ednina:
I was happy.
You were happy.
He (she, it) was happy.
množina:
We (you, they) were happy.
Za if stavke velja pravilo, da se vedno uporablja were (npr. If I were you…).