មគ្គុទ្ទេសក៍វេយ្យាករណ៍

តើវាជាអ្វី?

ទម្រង់អតីតកាលសាមញ្ញនៃ to be គឺ was និង were។

ប្រើ was ជាមួយ៖

• I
• he
• she
• it

ប្រើ were ជាមួយ៖

• you
• we
• they

ឧទាហរណ៍៖

• I was tired. (ខ្ញុំហត់)
• She was at home. (នាងនៅផ្ទះ)
• We were busy. (យើងរវល់)
• They were happy. (ពួកគេសប្បាយចិត្ត)

ទម្រង់អវិជ្ជមានគឺ was not និង were not។

ទម្រង់ខ្លីធម្មតាគឺ៖

• was not → wasn’t
• were not → weren’t

ពេលណាត្រូវប្រើ

ប្រើអតីតកាលសាមញ្ញនៃ to be ដើម្បីនិយាយអំពី៖

• ស្ថានភាពកន្លងមក៖ I was tired. (ខ្ញុំហត់)
• អារម្មណ៍កន្លងមក៖ She was nervous. (នាងភ័យ)
• ទីកន្លែងកន្លងមក៖ They were at school. (ពួកគេនៅសាលា)
• អាយុកន្លងមក៖ He was ten years old. (គាត់អាយុដប់ឆ្នាំ)
• ការពិពណ៌នាកន្លងមក៖ The room was small. (បន្ទប់តូច)
• ស្ថានភាពកន្លងមក៖ We were very busy. (យើងរវល់ខ្លាំង)
• កាលបរិច្ឆេទ និងពេលវេលាកន្លងមក៖ It was Monday. (ថ្ងៃចន្ទ)

រចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ

ប្រយោគបញ្ជាក់

រចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ៖

ប្រធាន + was/were + កន្សោមបំពេញ

• He was tired. (គាត់ហត់)
• We were late. (យើងយឺត)

ប្រយោគអវិជ្ជមាន

រចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ៖

ប្រធាន + was not/were not + កន្សោមបំពេញ

• I wasn’t hungry. (ខ្ញុំមិនឃ្លាន)
• They weren’t ready. (ពួកគេមិនទាន់ត្រៀមខ្លួន)

សំណួរ

រចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ៖

Was/Were + ប្រធាន + កន្សោមបំពេញ?

• Was she at home? (នាងនៅផ្ទះទេ?)
• Were they tired? (ពួកគេហត់ទេ?)
• Were you busy? (អ្នករវល់ទេ?)

ចម្លើយខ្លី

• Was he late? — Yes, he was. (បាទ/ចាស គាត់យឺត)
• Was she tired? — No, she wasn’t. (ទេ នាងមិនហត់ទេ)
• Were they at school? — Yes, they were. (បាទ/ចាស ពួកគេនៅសាលា)
• Were you busy? — No, I wasn’t. (ទេ ខ្ញុំមិនរវល់ទេ)

ឧទាហរណ៍

1. I was very tired yesterday. (ខ្ញុំហត់ខ្លាំងកាលពីម្សិលមិញ)
2. She was at the office this morning. (នាងនៅការិយាល័យព្រឹកនេះ)
3. He wasn’t ready for the meeting. (គាត់មិនទាន់ត្រៀមខ្លួនសម្រាប់ការប្រជុំ)
4. It was cold last night. (យប់មិញត្រជាក់)
5. We were happy with the result. (យើងសប្បាយចិត្តនឹងលទ្ធផល)
6. You were very quiet yesterday. (អ្នកស្ងាត់ខ្លាំងកាលពីម្សិលមិញ)
7. They weren’t at home. (ពួកគេមិននៅផ្ទះ)
8. Was your brother at school? (បងប្រុសរបស់អ្នកនៅសាលាទេ?)
9. Were the shops open? (ហាងនានាបើកទេ?)
10. Where were you last weekend? (តើអ្នកនៅទីណាចុងសប្តាហ៍មុន?)

ករណីលើកលែង

ប្រើ were ជំនួស was ក្នុងកន្សោមផ្លូវការ ឬមិនពិតមួយចំនួនជាមួយ I, he, she, ឬ it។

• If I were you, I would wait. (ប្រសិនបើខ្ញុំជាអ្នក ខ្ញុំនឹងរង់ចាំ)
• I wish she were here. (ខ្ញុំប្រាថ្នាថានាងនៅទីនេះ)

ក្នុងភាសាអង់គ្លេសក្រៅផ្លូវការ ពេលខ្លះគេប្រើ was ក្នុងកន្សោមទាំងនេះ ប៉ុន្តែ were ជាទម្រង់ស្តង់ដារ។

កំហុសទូទៅ

1. មិនត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ I were tired yesterday. ត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ I was tired yesterday. ការពន្យល់៖ ប្រើ was ជាមួយ I។

2. មិនត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ They was at home. ត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ They were at home. ការពន្យល់៖ ប្រើ were ជាមួយ they។

3. មិនត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ She didn’t be happy. ត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ She wasn’t happy. ការពន្យល់៖ កុំប្រើ didn’t ជាមួយអតីតកាលសាមញ្ញនៃ to be។

4. មិនត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ Did he was at work? ត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ Was he at work? ការពន្យល់៖ កុំប្រើ did ក្នុងសំណួរជាមួយ was ឬ were។

5. មិនត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ We wasn’t ready. ត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ We weren’t ready. ការពន្យល់៖ ប្រើ weren’t ជាមួយ we។

6. មិនត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ Were she at school? ត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ Was she at school? ការពន្យល់៖ ប្រើ was ជាមួយ she។

7. មិនត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ I was not at home? ត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ Was I not at home? ការពន្យល់៖ ដាក់ was មុនប្រធានដើម្បីបង្កើតសំណួរ។

8. មិនត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ They were not tired? ត្រឹមត្រូវ៖ Weren’t they tired? ការពន្យល់៖ ក្នុងសំណួរ ដាក់ were ឬ weren’t មុនប្រធាន។