The Past Progressive

Lesson objective

In this lesson, you will learn how to express “was doing,” “were doing,” and “used to do.”

Formation

Use: past tense of kan + present-tense verb

Examples

English	Darija
He was speaking	kan kay-tkllm.
He was not speaking	ma-kan-š kay-tkllm.
You were speaking	knti kat-tkllm.
I was not working	ma-knt-š kan-xdm.
She was writing	kant kat-ktb.