PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

PAST  CONTINUOUS TENSE

      Past Continuous Time Tense indicates an action which took place in a certain time or that has occurred in a certain  period in the past. 

     Koha Past Continuous Tense tregon një veprim që bëhej në një kohë të caktuar ose që ka ndodhur ne nje periudhe kohore ne te shkuaren. 

Formohet me te kryeren e thjeshte te foljes be 
dmth was/were + foljen +mbaresen ing

PAST  CONTINUOUS TENSE
It is used:
Perdoret:

1.)  For actions that were taking place at a certain time in the past.

         Per veprime qe ishin ne zhvillim ne nje kohe te caktuar ne te shkuaren.
At 8 o’clock last night she was watching TV(Ajo dje ne oren 8 po shikonte televizor)

2.)  For two or more actions that were taking place at the same time in the past.

        Per dy ose me shume veprime qe beheshin ne te njejten kohe ne te shkuaren.
They  were dancing while he was playing the guitar. (Ata po kercenin ndersa ai po i binte kitares.)

3.)   For an action in the past that was taking place (in Past Continuous) when another action was interrupted (Past Continuous Tense).

        Per nje veprim ne te shkuaren qe ishte ne zhvillim (ne past continuous) kur nje tjeter u nderpre (past continuous tense).
He was painting  the bedroom while he fell of the ladder. (Ishte duke lyer dhomen e gjumit kur ra nga shkallet.)

4.)   In descriptions, stories

     Ne pershkrime, rrefime
We were walking in woods. (Ishim duke ecur ne pyll.)
I was raining hard. (Po binte shi i rrëmbyer.)

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Deftore                     Pyetese                                 Mohore

I was looking.           Was I looking?                     I wasn’t looking.
You were looking.   Were you looking?              You weren’t looking.
He was looking.       Was he looking?                  He wasn’t looking.

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Fjale  kohore  qe  perdoren  me Past Continuous Tense
While (ndersa)                   when (kur)