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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 They were working – Oni su radili

She was working – Ona je radila
It was working – Ono je radilo

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.

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? Were they working? – Da li su oni radili?

Was she working? – Da li je ona radila?
Was it working? – Da li je ono radilo?

Odrični oblik Past Continuous Tense-a (Prošlog trajnog vremena) se gradi od odričnog oblika pomoćnog glagola TO BE u
prošlom vremenu i Present Participle-a (sadašnjeg participa) glavnog glagola.

Jednina (singular) Množina (plural)

I was not (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 They were not (weren't) working – Oni nisu radili
She was not (wasn't) working – Ona nije radila
It was not (wasn't) working – Ono nije radilo
Upotreba:
Past Continuous Tense (Prošlo trajno vreme) se koristi za:
 Radnju koja je trajala duže vreme u prošlosti :
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.

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