It is translated into English by ‘was/were’ + ‘-ing’ or ‘used to’.Įgo Lucie nuntium dabam – I was giving a message to Lucy This tense indicates an action which has gone on over a period time or has happened frequently. To describe a past action or state which is incomplete, we use an imperfect tense.
It is used to describe an action in the past which is completed. This kind of past tense is called a perfect tense. We also looked at verbs in the past tenseĮgo Lucie nuntium dedi – I gave a message to Lucy In Stage 1 we looked at verbs in the present tense.Įgo Lucie nuntium do – I give a message to Lucy
