An "experience" is a nightmare in preterite tense.
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Preterite
//ˈpɹɛtəɹɪt//
Synonyms for "preterite" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
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Related words (4)
Noun(2 words)
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41 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- минал adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- минало време noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Catalan
2 entries- pretèrit adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- pretèrit noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Danish
2 entries- datid noun (preterite tense; simple past)
- præteritum noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Dutch
3 entries- in de verleden tijd adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- in het preteritum adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- onvoltooid verleden tijd noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Esperanto
1 entries- preterito noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Estonian
1 entries- üldminevik adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
Finnish
1 entries- preteriti noun (preterite tense; simple past)
French
2 entries- du passé adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- prétérit noun (preterite tense; simple past)
German
1 entries- Präteritum noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Greek
2 entries- παρωχημένος adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- αόριστος noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Hungarian
1 entries- elbeszélő múlt (idő) noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Japanese
4 entries- 点過去の adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- 過去の adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- 過去時制の adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- 過去 noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Latin
2 entries- praeteritus adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- praeteritum noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Norman
1 entries- sîmpl'ye pâssé noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- preteritum noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- preteritum noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Polish
2 entries- przeszły adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- czas przeszły noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Portuguese
2 entries- pretérito adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- pretérito noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Romanian
1 entries- preterit noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Russian
4 entries- прете́рит adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- проше́дшее повествова́тельное adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- прете́рит noun (preterite tense; simple past)
- проше́дшее вре́мя noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- preterit noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Spanish
2 entries- pretérito adj (showing an action at a determined moment in the past)
- pretérito noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Swedish
1 entries- preteritum noun (preterite tense; simple past)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Sometimes Tom uses the preterite incorrectly.
Source: tatoeba (6171945)
Sometimes Tom uses the preterite (past) incorrectly.
Source: tatoeba (6295556)
The Dravidian preterite tense is ordinarily formed, like the present, by annexing the pronominal signs to the preterite verbal participle.
Source: wiktionary
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