Past Continuous
Ahmed: Hello, Adham! How are you?
Adham: I’m fine, Ahmed. What about you?
Ahmed: Not bad, I want to know what you were doing when I called you at
3 PM yesterday, and you didn’t pick up.
Adham: Sorry, I was just having my lunch.
Ahmed: But I called you at 6 PM as well!
Adham: Sorry my friend, I was having a shower. You know, while I was
having a shower, the power went out.
Ahmed: Oops! This means that you were screaming when I called. Hahaha
Adham: Hahaha, not really! I was singing while I was waiting.
Today we are going to talk about the Past
Continuous.
النهاردة هنتكلم عن الماضي المستمر.
From its name, we can say that the Past
Continuous is used to describe an action in the past that was
continuous.
من اسمه, نقدر نقول ان الماضي المستمر بيُستخدم عشان نوصف فعل في الماضي كان مستمر.
Now let’s analyze the dialogue.
دلوقتي يلا بينا نحلل الحوار.
Ahmed called Adham at 3 PM, and Adham was
having lunch, so he was in the middle of eating; he started eating
before 3 PM and continued eating after it. Because the action took place in the
past and continued for a while, the Past Continuous
is used, so if you want to say what you were doing at a certain time, use the Past Continuous.
أحمد اتصل بأدهم الساعة 3 وأدهم
كان بيتغدى فدة معناة انه كان في وسط الأكل. يعني هو بدأ ياكل قبل الساعة 3 واستمر
في الأكل لبعد 3. وعشان الفعل حصل في الماضي واستمر شوية, استخدمنا الماضي المستمر. يبقى لو عايز تقول انت كنت بتعمل
ايه في وقت معين, استخدم الماضي المستمر.
As the timeline suggests, the action started in the past, continued for
a while, and ended in the past.
زي ما الخط الزمني بيقول, الفعل
بدأ في الماضي, استمر شوية, وانتهى في الماضي.
Moreover, Adham was having a shower, and then another action interrupted
the continuous action; therefore, Adham said “While I was having a shower, the power went out.” This means that
the action of having a shower was continuous and then another shorter action
interrupted it.
بالإضافة إلى ذلك, أدهم كان
بيستحمى وفعل تاني جيه قطع الفعل المستمر دة. عشان كدة أدهم قال
“While I was having a shower, the power went out.”
دة معناة ان الفعل بتاع الاستحمام
كان مستمر وفعل تاني جيه قطعه.
Furthermore, Adham said “I was singing while I was waiting.” This means
that he was doing two continuous actions at the same time.
كمان أدهم قال
“I was singing while I was
waiting.”
ودة معناة ان هو كان بيعمل فعلين
مستمرين في نفس الوقت.
When VS While
When we talk about things in the past, “while” is usually followed by
Past Continuous, whereas “when” is mostly followed by Past Simple.
لما بنتكلم على حاجة في الماضي,
بنستخدم
While
بعدها الماضي المستمر
وبنستخدم
When
بعدها الماضي البسيط
Read the examples below
اقرأ الأمثلة اللي تحت
“I want to know what you were doing when
I called you at 3 PM yesterday.”
“While
I was having a shower, the
power went out.”
Now let’s see how we form the Past Continuous.
دلوقتي يلا بينا نشوف
ازاي بنكون الماضي المستمر.
And this is how we ask questions using the Past Continuous.
ودة ازاي نسأل أسألة
باستخدام الماضي المستمر.
Now it’s time for practice.
دلوقتي وقت التدريب.
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