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Past Experiences
Past tenses with more nuance.
כְּשֶׁהָיִיתִי יֶלֶד גַּרְנוּ בַּכְּפָר.
When I was a child we lived in the countryside.
keshe'hayiti yeled garnu bakfar.
אֶשְׁתָּקַד נָסַעְתִּי לְאֵירוֹפָּה בַּפַּעַם הָרִאשׁוֹנָה.
Last year I travelled to Europe for the first time.
eshtakad nasati le'europa bapa'am harishona.
עָבַדְתִּי כְּשֶׁהִיא הִתְקַשְּׁרָה.
I was working when she called.
avadeti keshe'hi hitkashara.
פַּעַם עִישַּׁנְתִּי אֲבָל הִפְסַקְתִּי.
I used to smoke but I quit.
pa'am ishaneti aval hifsikti.
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כְּבָר הָיִיתִי עָיֵף מְאֹד.
I had become very tired that day.
bayom hahu kvar hayiti ayef me'od.
שׂוֹחַחְנוּ עַד מְאוּחָר.
We talked until late.
socháchnu ad me'uchar.
כְּשֶׁהִגַּעְתִּי כָּל אֶחָד כְּבָר הָלַךְ.
When I arrived everyone had left.
keshe'higati kol echad kvar halach.
לְעוֹלָם לֹא אֶשְׁכַּח אֶת הַטִּיּוּל הַהוּא.
I will never forget that trip.
le'olam lo eshkach et hatiyul hahu.
עָבַדְתִּי בַּחֶבְרָה הַהִיא שָׁנִים רַבּוֹת.
I worked at that company for years.
avadeti bachevra hahi shanim rabot.
קָרָאתִי אֶת הַסֵּפֶר הַהוּא פַּעֲמַיִם.
I read that book twice.
karati et hasefer hahu pa'amayim.
אֶתְמוֹל יָרַד גֶּשֶׁם כָּל הַיּוֹם.
It rained all day yesterday.
etmol yarad geshem kol hayom.
לָמַדְתִּי הַרְבֵּה מֵהַנִּסָּיוֹן הַהוּא.
I learned a lot from that experience.
lamadeti harbe mehaniasyon hahu.
