Was

/wʌz/ verb

Definition

first and third person singular past tense of 'be'

Etymology

Old English wæs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Kelly Says

The past tense that anchors our narratives

Translations

AMአማርኛ

ነበር

ARالعربية

كان

BNবাংলা

ছিল

CSČeština

byl

DADansk

var

DEDeutsch

war

ELΕλληνικά

ήταν

ESEspañol

fue

FAفارسی

بود

FISuomi

oli

FRFrançais

était

GUGU

હતું

HAHA

jiya

HEעברית

היה

HIहिन्दी

था

HUMagyar

volt

IDBahasa Indonesia

adalah

IGIG

nọ

ITItaliano

era

JA日本語

でした

KKKK

болды

KMKM

ទៀង

KO한국어

았다

MRMR

होते

MSBahasa Melayu

adalah

MYမြန်မာ

ဖြစ်ခဲ့သည်

NLNederlands

was

NONorsk

var

PAPA

ਸੀ

PLPolski

był

PTPortuguês

foi

RORomână

era

RUРусский

был

SVSvenska

var

SWKiswahili

alikuwa

TAதமிழ்

இருந்தது

TEతెలుగు

ఉంది

THไทย

ได้

TLTL

ay

TRTürkçe

idi

UKУкраїнська

був

URاردو

تھا

VITiếng Việt

là

YOYO

jẹ

ZH中文

是

ZUZU

kwakuvela

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