Was ve were nedir?

Was ve were, be fiilinin geçmiş zamandaki iki formudur. Dünü ve bitmiş zamanı anlatmak için kullanılır: I was tired. They were happy. Cümlede yesterday, last night ya da 1993 gibi geçmiş bir zaman varsa am, is ya da are değil was ya da were gerekir.

Kural

Form özneye göre seçilir; tıpkı am, is ve are gibi. I, he, she, it ve tekil öznelerle was, you, we, they ve çoğul öznelerle were kullanılır.

Olumsuz cümlede fiilden hemen sonra not gelir. Soruda fiil öznenin önüne geçer. Be fiili geçmişte de soruyu kendi kurar; yanına did eklenmez.

Yapı

Örnekler

• I was tired yesterday.
• She was at home last night.
• They were happy at the party.
• We were not late this morning.
• Were you sick? — No, I was not.

Sık yapılan hatalar

• ❌ They was happy. → ✅ They were happy. They birden çok kişi demektir, bu yüzden were ister.
• ❌ She teacher yesterday. → ✅ She was a teacher. Türkçede bu cümle fiilsiz kurulur ama İngilizcede geçmişte de fiil şarttır.
• ❌ Did you were ready? → ✅ Were you ready? Soruyu be kendi kurar, did eklenmez.
• ❌ I were tired. → ✅ I was tired. I her zaman was alır.