simple past

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“Simple” because the tense is formed without any auxiliary verb.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: şühudi keçmiş — the simple past tense
• Danish: præteritum — the simple past tense
• Danish: datid — the simple past tense
• Dutch: onvoltooid verleden tijd — the simple past tense
• Esperanto: estinteco — the simple past tense
• Esperanto: estinto — the simple past tense
• Esperanto: preterito — the simple past tense
• Finnish: imperfekti — the simple past tense
• Finnish: preteriti — the simple past tense
• French: passé — the simple past tense
• French: imparfait — the simple past tense
• French: passé simple — the simple past tense
• German: Präteritum — the simple past tense
• Greek: αόριστος (aóristos) — the simple past tense
• Hungarian: egyszerű múlt — the simple past tense
• Northern Kurdish: dema borî — the simple past tense
• Norman: sîmpl'ye pâssé — the simple past tense
• Norwegian Bokmål: preteritum — the simple past tense
• Norwegian Nynorsk: preteritum — the simple past tense
• Persian: ماضی ساده (mâzi-e sâde) — the simple past tense
• Persian: گذشته ساده (gozašte-ye sâde) — the simple past tense
• Portuguese: pretérito perfeito — the simple past tense
• Portuguese: pretérito perfeito simples — the simple past tense
• Portuguese: passado simples — the simple past tense
• Portuguese: pretérito simples — the simple past tense
• Russian: просто́е проше́дшее вре́мя (prostóje prošédšeje vrémja) — the simple past tense
• Russian: проше́дшее вре́мя (prošédšeje vrémja) — the simple past tense
• Spanish: pretérito — the simple past tense
• Swedish: preteritum — the simple past tense
• Turkish: geçmiş zaman — the simple past tense
• Turkish: -di'li geçmiş zaman — the simple past tense
• Turkish: geçmiş zamanın hikayesi — the simple past tense