PAST CONTINUOUS
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)
I was working. (Ja sam radio.)
You were working. (Ti si radio.)
He/she/it was working. (On/ona/ono je radio/radila/radilo.)
Množina (plural)
We were working. (Mi smo radili.)
You were working. (Vi ste radili.)
They were working. (Oni su radili.)
Upitni oblik
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.
Yes/No pitanja:
Jednina (singular)
Was I working? (Da li sam ja radio?)
Were you working? (Da li si ti radio?)
Was he/she/it working? (Da li je on/ona/ono radio/radila/radilo?)
Množina (plural)
Were we working? (Da li smo mi radili?)
Were you working? (Da li ste vi radili?)
Were they working? (Da li su oni radili?)
Na Yes/No pitanja se odgovara kratkim odgovorima (Short answers) na sledeći način:
Jednina (singular)
Was I working? – Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
Were you working? – Yes, you were. / No, you weren’t.
Was he/she/it working? – Yes, he/she/it was. / No, he/she/it wasn’t.
Množina (plural)
Were we working? – Yes, we were. / No, we weren’t.
Were you working? – Yes you were. / No, you weren’t.
Were they working? – Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.
Wh- pitanja:
Jednina (singular)
Where was I working? (Gde sam ja radio?)
Where were you working? (Gde si ti radio?)
Where was he/she/it working? (Gde je on/ona/ono radio/radilo?)
Množina (plural)
Where were we working? (Gde smo mi radili?)
Where were you working? (Gde ste vi radili?)
Where were they working? (Gde su oni radili?)
Odrični oblik
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)
I was not (I wasn’t) working. (Ja nisam radio.)
You were not (weren’t) working. (Ti nisi radio.)
He/she/it was not (wasn’t) working. (On/ona/ono nije radio/radilo.)
Množina (plural)
We were not (weren’t) working. (Mi nismo radili.)
You were not (weren’t) working. (Vi niste radili.)
They were not (weren’t) working. (Oni nisu radili.)
Past Continuous Tense – Upotreba
Past Continuous Tense (Prošlo trajno vreme) se koristi za:
Radnju koja je u prošlosti duže vreme trajala:
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.)
