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Significats de preterit en anglès

portuguès
preterito
espanyol
pretérito perfecto simple

The grammatical tense expressing actions which took place in the past.

        preterito
        Sinònims
        Examples for "preterite"
        Examples for "preterite"
        1
        There are no preterite storytellers, Harry; remember that.
        The dream of perpetual motion
        2
        Thus Ya enters into the future tense, and Zi in the preterite of all verbs requiring auxiliaries.
        The Coming Race
        3
        Thus, in all verbs the preterite and the past participle were the same and ended in -ED.
        Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
        4
        And in the preterite of the same verb, mattara, he has taken it away: mattaratit, he has taken it away from thee.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        5
        How can one tell the story of the finish in cold-blooded preterites?
        A Mortal Antipathy
        1
        One was that sensation of flying, as they whirled through snowy parks and along Riverside drive, past historic places and world-famous buildings.
        The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware
        1
        Sylvia heard, or thought-hoped-sheheard , aslightstress on the past tense.
        American empire: blood and iron
        2
        By the way, the questions were all written in the past tense.
        Peter Pan
        3
        All that I say in this paper is in a paulo- past tense.
        Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays
        4
        But perhaps that last sentence should now be in the past tense.
        The Guardian
        5
        I don't know why I'm referring to it in the past tense.
        The Guardian
        1
        "I fear not; I fear that it is rather praeterite than practical."
        Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
        Ús de preterit en anglès
        1
        The past or preterit tense of Arise.
        The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section A and B
        2
        In life, as in (that for him more truly actual thing) literature, it was always the preterit that enthralled him.
        And Even Now
        3
        "I should say I used to be, if you hadn't objected to my perfects and preterits."
        Indian Summer
        4
        "Pynchon keeps bleating about the preterit, right?"
        Any Coincidence Is / Or, The Day Julia & Cecil the Cat Faced a F...
        5
        ; 277), the preterit of Eat.
        The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section A and B
        Col·locacions frequents
        Translations for preterit
        Preterit a través del temps