Past Simple

Form:

• Positive form: Subject + verb 2 (past form of the verb)
• Negative form: Subject + did not + verb 1 (present form)
• Question form: Did + subject + verb 1 ?

ចំណាំ-- V2 ជាទំរង់អតីតកាល (V1 + -ed ឬ កិរិយាស័ព្ទស្ថិតក្នុងកូឡោនទីពីរ នៃតារាង Irregular verbs)។

Usage:
 
Past Simple is used to show/talk about: 


a. an action that happened at a specified time in the past

For examples,

• She went shopping yesterday.
• They finished high school last year.
• We founded the Association in 1999. 

ករណីទី ១-- យើងប្រើ past simple ដើម្បីបង្ហាញ ឬ និយាយអំពីសកម្មភាពមួយ ដែលកើតឡើងនៅពេលវេលា មួយជាក់លាក់ក្នុងអតីតកាល។ ជាទូទៅ គេប្រើវាជាមួយ time expressions ដូចជា ago, last week, yesterday...។  

b. a completed action in the past (i.e. action that happened and finished in the past)

For examples, 

• Mark lived in London from 1990 to 1993.
• She worked for Cambrew for two years. (= completed in the past.)
• I studied there when I was in primary school.

ករណីទី ២-- យើងប្រើ past simple ដើម្បីបង្ហាញ ឬ និយាយអំពីសកម្មភាពមួយ ដែលកើតឡើង (មួយរយៈពេល) និងបញ្ចប់ទៅវិញក្នុងអតីតកាល។
 

c. a series of past actions (many actions) 

For examples,

• He entered a room, lit a cigarette and smiled at the guests.  
• They went into the house and arrested the man.
• He went to the park, and then he met Seiha.

ករណីទី ៣-- យើងប្រើ past simple ដើម្បីបង្ហាញ ឬ និយាយអំពីសកម្មភាពច្រើន ដែលកើតឡើង ហើយបញ្ចប់ បន្តបន្ទាប់គ្នា នៅក្នុងអតីតកាល។


d. regular event or past habits (also use USED TO and WOULD)  

For examples,  

• Everyday I went to the park.
• She got up at 5 everyday.

ករណីទី ៤-- យើងប្រើ past simple ជាមួយ would និង used to ដើម្បីបង្ហាញ ឬ និយាយអំពីសកម្មភាពមួយ ដែលកើតឡើងទៀងទាត់ ឬ ទម្លាប់ នៅក្នុងអតីតកាល។


USED TO: 

"Used to" is used to talk about something we did in the past, but we no longer do it now. For examples,  

• He used to smoke. (= Now he stops smoking.)
• They used to work for HSBC Bank.(= They no longer work there.)
• They didn’t use to work there.
• Did they use to work there?

សំគាល់ -- យើងប្រើ used to ដើម្បីបង្ហាញ ឬ និយាយអំពីអ្វីដែលយើង ធ្លាប់ធ្វើ នៅក្នុងអតីតកាល ហើយយើងបាន បោះបង់ចោល ឬឈប់ធ្វើ សកម្មភាពនោះហើយនាបច្ចុប្បន្នកាល)។ 

WOULD: 

"Would" is used to talk about repeated actions in the past, usually with adverbs of​ frequency.

For examples,  

• Before I got this job, I would go out a lot.  
• Every week he’d buy his mother a bunch of flowers.

សំគាល់ៈ យើងប្រើ would ជាមួយនឹង adverbs of frequency ដើម្បីបង្ហាញ ឬ និយាយអំពីសកម្មភាព ដែលកើត ឡើងជាញឹកញាប់ ឬ អំពីទម្លាប់នៅ ក្នុងអតីតកាល។