A Door Into Hindi: Lesson 6

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6.6

Past of होना

The verb "to be" has a very easy past form:

था

[he] was

masculine singular

थे

[they] were

masculine plural

थी

[she] was

feminine singular

थीं

[they] were

feminine plural

The past of होना is used as the auxiliary verb in the following two verb tenses: the past imperfect and the past progressive.

See Snell's Teach Yourself Hindi (2000)
Section 4.1 page 51

 

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