Not "I were at home." — say "I was at home.". مع I، صيغة الماضي هي was، لا were.
جرّب بنفسك: Yesterday it ___ very cold. (was / were / is) الإجابة: was — تأخذ was لا were. ("Is" مضارع، و"yesterday" تخبرك أنّ الزمن ماضٍ.) إذن: it was cold.
You / we / they: were
استخدم were مع you, we, وthey.
You were late.
We were happy.
They were at school.
Not "They was at school." — say "They were at school.". مع they، استخدم were؛ فـ was خاصة فقط بـ I, he, she, it.
جرّب بنفسك: Amina and Hiroshi ___ at Magaff Library. (were / was / are) الإجابة: were — Amina and Hiroshi = they، فالصيغة هي were لا was: They were at Magaff Library.
was أم were؟
قبل كل حالة، اسأل: من الفاعل؟ I/he/she/it → was. you/we/they → were.
He was here. / They were here.
I was tired. / We were tired.
Not "He were here. / They was here." — say "He was here. / They were here.". الفاعل يحدد: was للمفرد (I/he/she/it)، were لـ you/we/they.
جرّب بنفسك: Lars ___ at the park, but his friends ___ at the gym. (was … were / were … was / was … was) الإجابة: was … were — Lars = he → was. His friends = they → were. الفاعل هو الذي يحدد شكل الفعل في كل حالة.
النفي: wasn't / weren't
أضف not بعد was أو were: wasn't (مع I/he/she/it)، weren't (مع you/we/they).
I wasn't hungry.
He wasn't there.
They weren't happy.
Not "I not was hungry." — say "I wasn't hungry.". الـ not تأتي بعد was، لا قبلها.
جرّب بنفسك: She ___ at home last night. (wasn't / weren't / not was) الإجابة: wasn't — She تأخذ was، فالنفي هو wasn't لا weren't، وnot تأتي بعدها: She wasn't at home.
الأسئلة: Was / Were في البداية
للسؤال، ضع Was أو Wereقبل الشخص.
Was she at home?
Were you late?
Was it cold?
Not "You were late? (asking)" — say "Were you late?". في السؤال، تأتي were أولًا، ثم الفاعل.
جرّب بنفسك: ___ you late for class? (Were / Was / Did) الإجابة: Were — You تأخذ were، وفي السؤال تأتي أولًا: Were you late? (Was خاصة بـ I/he/she/it.)
جرّب بنفسك: Remember: who is it? Mei ___ at the cooking class. (was / were / are) الإجابة: was — Mei = she → was. (هذا هو الاختيار الأساسي: I/he/she/it → was، you/we/they → were.)