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This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Sundanese. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: tingali |
| To write: serat |
| To love: tresna |
| To give: bikeun |
| To play: hereuy |
| To read: maos |
| To understand: teurang |
| To have: gaduh |
| To know: terang |
| To learn: diajar |
| To think: ngamanah |
| To work: pagawean |
| To speak: nyarios |
| To drive: nyetir |
| To smile: senyum |
| To find: mendak |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I saw you: abdi tingal anjeun |
| I wrote with a pen: abdi nyerat kanggo pulpen |
| You loved apples: anjeun resep buah apel |
| You gave money: anjeun bikeun artos |
| You played tennis: anjeun ulin tenis |
| He read (past) a book: anjeuna maos buku |
| He understood me: anjeuna tos teurang ka abdi |
| She had a cat: anjeuna gaduh ucing |
| She knew my friend: anjeuna tos teurang ka rerencangan abdi |
| We wanted to learn: anjeuna sadaya hoyong diajar |
| We thought Spanish is easy: anjeuna sadaya ngamanah nalika Spanyol teh gampil |
| You (plural) worked here: anjeun sadaya pagawean na di dieu |
| You (plural) spoke French: anjeun sadaya nyarios perancis |
| They drove a car: anjeuna sadaya nyetir mobil |
| They smiled: anjeuna sadaya senyum |
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