in the past

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• Arabic: فِي ٱلْمَاضِي (fī l-māḍī) — at a past time
• Armenian: առաջ (aṙaǰ) — at a past time
• Armenian: անցյալում (ancʻyalum) — at a past time
• Armenian: նախկինում (naxkinum) — at a past time
• Chinese Mandarin: 從前 /从前 (cóngqián) — at a past time
• Chinese Mandarin: 在先 (zàixiān) — at a past time
• Chinese Mandarin: 以往 (yǐwǎng) — at a past time
• Chinese Mandarin: 昔日 (xīrì) — at a past time
• Chinese Mandarin: 早先 (zǎoxiān) — at a past time
• Chinese Mandarin: 以前 (yǐqián) — at a past time
• Chinese Mandarin: 曾經 /曾经 (céngjīng) — at a past time
• Chinese Mandarin: 過去 /过去 (guòqù) — at a past time
• Maore Comorian: harimwa wakati wav̄ira — at a past time
• Czech: v minulosti — at a past time
• Esperanto: estintece — at a past time
• Estonian: minevikus — at a past time
• Finnish: menneisyydessä — at a past time
• Finnish: ennen — at a past time
• Finnish: ennen aikaan — at a past time
• French: par le passé — at a past time
• French: dans le passé — at a past time
• Georgian: ადრე (adre) — at a past time
• Georgian: წარსულში (c̣arsulši) — at a past time
• German: in der Vergangenheit — at a past time
• German: früher — at a past time
• Greek: στο παρελθόν (sto parelthón) — at a past time
• Hamer-Banna: ɛ́na — at a past time
• Hamer-Banna: léle — at a past time
• Hamer-Banna: iní — at a past time
• Murui Huitoto: jaife — at a past time
• Hungarian: régen — at a past time
• Hungarian: egykor — at a past time
• Hungarian: valaha — at a past time
• Hungarian: korábban — at a past time
• Hungarian: előzőleg — at a past time
• Hungarian: annak idején — at a past time
• Irish: san am atá caite — at a past time
• Japanese: これまで — at a past time
• Japanese: 過去は (kako wa) — at a past time
• Latin: in praeteritum — at a past time
• Polish: w przeszłości — at a past time
• Portuguese: no passado — at a past time
• Quechua: ñawpaqta — at a past time
• Russian: в про́шлом (v próšlom) — at a past time
• Spanish: en el pasado — at a past time
• Spanish: antiguamente — at a past time
• Spanish: antes — at a past time
• Spanish: antaño — at a past time
• Swahili: katika wakati uliopita — at a past time
• Swedish: förr — at a past time
• Swedish: förr i tiden — at a past time
• Swedish: i det förflutna — at a past time
• Swedish: i det förgångna — at a past time
• Turkish: eskiden — at a past time
• Turkish: evvelce — at a past time
• Turkish: evvelden — at a past time
• Turkish: önceden — at a past time
• Vietnamese: trước đây — at a past time
• Vietnamese: hồi xưa — at a past time
• Vietnamese: hồi ấy — at a past time
• Vietnamese: hồi đó — at a past time
• Yoruba: láyé àtijọ́ — at a past time
• Yoruba: nígbà kan rí — at a past time