simple past in Finnish

simple past in Finnish is imperfekti, preteriti.

simple past in Finnish

imperfekti

noun

(grammar) A tense used to describe something that happened in the past, formed by the inflection of a single word, without any auxiliary verb such as be or have.

preteriti

noun

(grammar) A tense used to describe something that happened in the past, formed by the inflection of a single word, without any auxiliary verb such as be or have.

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