Learn English in sinhala - lesson 13

hdÆjfka wo wms bf.k .kafka Simple Past Perfect Tense.

fïfla w¾:h isxyf,ka kï w;S;fha hï isÿùulg fmr isÿ WKq fohla .ek lSug fyda w;S;fha hï ld,hlg l,ska isÿ WKq fohla lSug hkakhs ' wo;a fjko jf.au Table tflka n,uq'

f,dl= lr,d n,kak Table tl u; click lrkak'

Th fld< mdáka ;sfhkafka Bfha jf.au Simple Past Perfect Tense wÿr.kak mq¿jka jpk álla' Bg miafia ;Srefõ ;sfhkafka Simple past perfect tensej, uses' Bg miafia ;sfhkafka fhfok úÈh yd WodyrKhs'

wms fïjfha uses   Bfha jf.a fjk fjku point form  tflkq;a bf.k .uq '

01 ) . w;S;fha hï isÿùulg l,ska iïmQ¾Kfhkau ksu jQ l%shdjla .ek mejiSug. (Completed Action Before Something in the Past)

WodyrK j,ska f;areï .kak,

• I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to nilaweli.- uu ks,dje,s hkak l,ska ta ;rï ,iaik fjr,la oel ;snqfka kE ^ oeka fjoa§ ks,dje,s .syskq;a bjrhs' &

• I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.- uf.a m¾ia tl ke;s ù ;snqKq ksid uka ,. uqo,a ;snqka kE'

• Tony know Ratnapura so well because he had visited the city several times. - fgdaks oekka bÈh r;akmqr fydo ;ekla nj" fudlo Tyq óg l,ska tfy .syska ;snqKq ksid'

• Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand? - iqidka ;dhs,ka;hg tkak l,ska tfy bf.k f.k ;sfhao@

• She only understood the movie because she had read the book.- thdg muKla l;dj f;arekd fudlo weh l;d fmd; lsfhda,d ;snqKq ksid ' 

 

02 ). hï w;S; isÿùulg l,ska ld, jljdkqjl§ isÿ jQ fohla lSug. (Duration Before Something in the Past)

WodyrK j,ska f;areï .kak"

• We had had that car for ten years before it broke down 

• By the time Alex finished his studies, he had been in London for over eight years.- thd bf.kSï bjr lrkak l,ska jir 8 la ,kavkays bo,d ;sín'

• They felt bad about selling the house because they had owned it for more than forty years.