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In Armenian the simple past is used to express action that was completed in the past. It is formed by replacing ալ/ել endings with աց/եց and the special endings. | In Armenian the simple past is used to express action that was completed in the past. It is formed by replacing ալ/ել endings with աց/եց and the special endings. | ||
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The great majority of verbs change in the same way as shown below with գնալ “to go” and բերել “to bring”. | The great majority of verbs change in the same way as shown below with գնալ “to go” and բերել “to bring”. | ||
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1) Անցյալ տարի նրանք գնացին Անգլիա։ Last year they went to England. | 1) Անցյալ տարի նրանք գնացին Անգլիա։ Last year they went to England. | ||
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Some irregular verbs form their simple past with “ա” endings, like գտնել - “to find”, տեսնել - “to see”, տանել - “to carry”, ստանալ - “to receive” and իմանալ - “to know”, “to find out”. Below verbs գտնել and տեսնել are conjugated. | Some irregular verbs form their simple past with “ա” endings, like գտնել - “to find”, տեսնել - “to see”, տանել - “to carry”, ստանալ - “to receive” and իմանալ - “to know”, “to find out”. Below verbs գտնել and տեսնել are conjugated. | ||
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Here are two sentences using simple past: | Here are two sentences using simple past: | ||
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Still other irregular verbs follow the above “ա” endings but also change their stem. The verbs գալ, ուտել and լինել are the most used irregular verbs of this type. | Still other irregular verbs follow the above “ա” endings but also change their stem. The verbs գալ, ուտել and լինել are the most used irregular verbs of this type. | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
https://slaviccenters.duke.edu/sites/slaviccenters.duke.edu/files/handbook_of_armenian.pdf | https://slaviccenters.duke.edu/sites/slaviccenters.duke.edu/files/handbook_of_armenian.pdf | ||
Revision as of 22:46, 24 September 2021
In Armenian the simple past is used to express action that was completed in the past. It is formed by replacing ալ/ել endings with աց/եց and the special endings.
The great majority of verbs change in the same way as shown below with գնալ “to go” and բերել “to bring”.
1) Անցյալ տարի նրանք գնացին Անգլիա։ Last year they went to England.
2) Արամն Իրանից նվերներ բերեց ձեզ համար։ Aram brought gifts for you from Iran.
Some irregular verbs form their simple past with “ա” endings, like գտնել - “to find”, տեսնել - “to see”, տանել - “to carry”, ստանալ - “to receive” and իմանալ - “to know”, “to find out”. Below verbs գտնել and տեսնել are conjugated.
Here are two sentences using simple past:
1) Վերջապես դուք գտաք մեր տունը։ Finally you found our home.
2) Նրանք Հրաչին գրադարանում տեսան։ They saw Hrach in the library.
Still other irregular verbs follow the above “ա” endings but also change their stem. The verbs գալ, ուտել and լինել are the most used irregular verbs of this type.
Sources
https://slaviccenters.duke.edu/sites/slaviccenters.duke.edu/files/handbook_of_armenian.pdf