past continuous in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for past continuous in the English»Serbian Dictionary

past con·'tinu·ous N no pl

past continuous

prošlo trajno vreme nt

Translations for past continuous in the English»Serbian Dictionary

con·tinu·ous [kən'tɪnjuəs] ADJ

1. continuous:

continuous (permanent)

stalan

continuous (steady)

nepromenljiv

continuous (unbroken)

neprekinut

continuous line also

neprekidan

continuous pain

neprestalan

2. continuous LING:

continuous form

trajni oblik

I.past [pɑːst] N no pl

1. past (not present):

past

prošlost f neke osobe

in the past

u prošlosti

2. past LING (in grammar):

past

prošlo vreme nt

II.past [pɑːst] ADJ

1. past attr:

past (preceding)

prethodni

past (former)

bivši

over the past two days

tokom protekla dva dana

for the past five weeks

u prethodnih pet nedelja

2. past (over):

past

bivši

past

minuli

III.past [pɑːst] ADV

to go past sb/sth vehicle

proći pored nekoga/nečega

IV.past [pɑːst] PREP

1. past (to other side):

past

pored

past

mimo

to go/drive/walk past

proći/voziti/ići pored

to go/drive/walk past (at other side)

iza

just past the post office

odmah iza pošte

2. past (after the hour of):

past

nakon

it's quarter past five

sada je pet i petnaest

3. past (beyond):

the meat was past the expiry date

tom mesu je prošao rok trajanja

to be past it pej, hum

biti za staro gvožđe

to be past it pej, hum

nečije vreme je prošlo

4. past (further than):

past

dalje

he can't see past the issue

on ne vidi ništa dalje od svog problema

I just can't get past the idea

jednostavno ne mogu da se otarasim pomisli

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Lastly, it comes up in the past continuous tense.

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Verbs in indicative mood exist in four tenses, present, present continuous, past and past continuous, in addition to a subjunctive mood form for present and future tense.

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The same goes for use of the past continuous tense in the place of the simple past.

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