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was

IPA(Pronunciation)

/wɒz/

Verb

first-person form-of indicative past singular third-person colloquial second-person nonstandard plural

first-person singular simple past indicative of be. / third-person singular simple past indicative of be.

Japanese Meaning

「be」の過去形、すなわち、一人称単数および三人称単数で使用される活用形です。

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Yesterday I was the first to arrive at the gallery.

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昨日、私はギャラリーに最初に到着した。

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Sense（1）

first-person singular simple past indicative of be.

I was castigated and scorned.

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Sense（2）

third-person singular simple past indicative of be.

It was a really humongous slice of cake.

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Sense（3）

(now colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.

There was three of them there.

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Sense（4）

(now colloquial or nonstandard) second-person singular simple past indicative of be.

You was pleased to cast a favourable eye upon me.

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Sense（5）

(colloquial, nonstandard) first-person plural simple past indicative of be

“What happened here, Hadley?” the chief asked. “We was robbed, damn it, we was robbed.”

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(colloquial, nonstandard) third-person plural simple past indicative of be

When the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips now baby / Revealed the tears that was on my face, yeah

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