The past simple tense: irregular verbs

 

7. The past simple tense: irregular verbs 

   
   

Many common verbs have an irregular past form. The irregular form is the same for all persons. 

Shume folje te zakonshme kane nje forme te crregult ne te shkuaren. Forma e crregult eshte njesoj per te gjitha vetat. 

              

 

                              Examples 

infinitive                                     past simple 

come                                                I came home late. 

go                                            We went out last night. 

Negatives, questions and  short answers are the same for all persons and for all verbs except the verb ‘to be’. 

Forma negative, pyetese dhe pergjigjet e shkurtra jane njesoj per te gjitha vetat dhe per te gjitha foljet pervec foljes ‘ jam’. 

 To make negatives we use: 

subject + didn’t +infinitve 

Per te formuar formen mohore ne perdorim: 

Kryefjale + didn’t + folja baze 

              Example 

I didn’t go to the dance. 

To make questions we use: 

did + subject + infinitive 

Per te formuar formen pyetese ne perdorim: 

did + kryefjale + folja baze 

                  Example 

‘Did you have a good time?’     ‘Yes,we did.’ 

Note: In negatives and questions we use the infinitive form of the verb. 

Vereni: Ne mohore dhe ne pyetese ne perdorim formen baze te foljeve. 

               Example 

Did  you go to the party?       NOT    Did you went to the party?