We use the past simple to talk about things that started and finished in past.
Vi bruker the simple past (preteritum) for å snakke om handlinger som begynte og ble avsluttet i fortiden.
Regular verbs
To talk (å snakke)
The Past Simple
| I | talked |
| you | talked |
| he she it | talked |
| we | talked |
| you | talked |
| they | talked |
Her ser du hvordan verbet TO TALK bøyes i preteritum.
Regelrette verb får endelsen +ed i preteritum.
The Present Simple
I talk English.
She talks English.
They talk English.
The Past Simple
I talked English.
She talked English.
They talked English
Irregular verbs
Many verbs in English are irregular. That means that they do not follow the normal pattern of -ed in the past simple and perfect past. You have to memorize irregular verbs.
You find a list of irregular verbs here.
På engelsk finnes det mange uregelrette verb. Det betyr at de ikke følger det vanlige bøyningsmønsteret og får endelsen -ed i preteritum og presens perfektum. Du må pugge uregelrette verb.
Her finner du en liste over uregelrette verb.