"past continuous" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} past continuous (uncountable)
  1. (grammar) A tense used to describe actions and states continued in the past. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar, Tenses Synonyms: imperfect, imperfective past, past progressive Related terms: past perfect continuous, present continuous Translations (past continuous): παρατατικός (paratatikós) [masculine] (Greek), folyamatos múlt (Hungarian), 過去進行形 (kako shinkōkei) (alt: かこしんこうけい) (Japanese), തുടർച്ചാഭൂതകാലം (tuṭaṟccābhūtakālaṁ) (Malayalam), өнгөрсөнд үргэлжилж буй цаг (öngörsönd ürgelžilž buj cag) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), گذشته استمراری (gozašte-ye estemrâri) (Persian), thì quá khứ tiếp diễn (Vietnamese)
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