past continuous

English

Noun

past continuous (uncountable)

1. (grammar) A tense used to describe actions and states continued in the past.

Synonyms

• imperfect
• imperfective past
• past progressive

Related terms

• past perfect continuous
• present continuous

Translations

past continuous

• Greek: παρατατικός (el) m (paratatikós)
• Hungarian: folyamatos múlt
• Japanese: 過去進行形 (かこしんこうけい, kako shinkōkei)
• Malayalam: തുടർച്ചാഭൂതകാലം (tuṭaṟccābhūtakālaṁ)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: өнгөрсөнд үргэлжилж буй цаг (öngörsönd ürgelžilž buj cag)

• Persian: گذشته استمراری (gozašte-ye estemrâri)
• Vietnamese: thì quá khứ tiếp diễn

Further reading

• past continuous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia