Building the past tense
Level A2 · Unit 8: Good old times · Lesson 2: The past tense
biti (present) + l-participle. Make the participle by replacing -ti with -l, then add the ending for gender and number:
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | delal | delala | delalo |
| dual | delala | delali | delali |
| plural | delali | delale | delala |
| example | |
|---|---|
| jaz (m / f) | delal sem / delala sem |
| ti | delal si / delala si |
| on / ona | delal je / delala je |
| midva / medve | delala sva / delali sva |
| mi / me | delali smo / delale smo |
| oni / one | delali so / delale so |
Practise this in the free course
This explanation comes from Unit 8, Lesson 2 of Slovenim, a free Slovenian course with dialogues, audio and exercises that check your answers.