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Past Simple
អតីតកាលធម្មតា
We use the Past Simple to talk about actions that started and finished in the past.
យើងប្រើកាលអតីត ដើម្បីនិយាយពីសកម្មភាពដែលបានបញ្ចប់រួចរាល់។
Past (✅) ←──────── Now (❌) ────────→ Future
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Regular Verbs
កិរិយាសព្ទធម្មតា (ថែម -ed)
Verb
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Walk
Walked
ដើរ ➔ បានដើរ
Play
Played
លេង ➔ បានលេង
Watch
Watched
មើល ➔ បានមើល
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Spelling Rules
ក្បួនប្រកបពេលថែម -ed
1. Ends in 'e' ➔ +d
Like
Liked
ចូលចិត្ត ➔ បានចូលចិត្ត
2. Consonant + 'y' ➔ -ied
Study
Studied
រៀន ➔ បានរៀន
3. CVC ➔ Double letter
Stop
Stopped
ឈប់ ➔ បានឈប់
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Irregular Verbs
កិរិយាសព្ទមិនប្រក្រតី (ប្តូររូបរាង)
These "rebel" verbs do NOT add -ed. You must remember them!
Go
Went
ទៅ ➔ បានទៅ
Eat
Ate
ញ៉ាំ ➔ បានញ៉ាំ
Buy
Bought
ទិញ ➔ បានទិញ
The Double Past Trap! ⚠️
Questions & Negatives
(ពេលប្រើ "Did" ឬ "Didn't" កិរិយាសព្ទត្រូវតែត្រឡប់មកទម្រង់ដើមវិញ!)
Did / Didn't
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Base Verb
I didn't went. ❌
I didn't go. ✔️
Did you played? ❌
Did you play? ✔️
Past Simple Rules 🎬
Watch Teacher Sopheak explain when to add "-ed" and how to use the tricky irregular verbs in real sentences!
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Quick Check ⚡
ការត្រួតពិនិត្យរហ័ស ⚡
Irregular Verb
Yesterday, I ___ to the market.
(ម្សិលមិញ ខ្ញុំបានទៅផ្សារ។)
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Negative Sentence
We ___ pizza last night.
(យប់មិញ ពួកយើងមិនបានញ៉ាំភីហ្សាទេ។)
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Question Form
___ she finish her homework?
(តើនាងបានធ្វើកិច្ចការផ្ទះរួចហើយឬនៅ?)
SPELLING TRAP! ❌
What is the correct past tense of Cry?
(តើកាលអតីតរបស់ពាក្យ "យំ" សរសេរដូចម្តេច?)
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Mission 🎯
អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!
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Mission 🎯
អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!
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Mission 🎯
អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!
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តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!
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Recent Questions
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Sopheak Pich
Teacher
1 hour ago
Hi Sreypich! Excellent observation! Look at the letter BEFORE the 'y'.
If it is a VOWEL (a, e, i, o, u), just add -ed. (play -> played).
If it is a CONSONANT, change 'y' to 'i' and add -ed. (study -> studied). Keep studying! 📚
Teacher, why is it "played" and not "plaied"? It ends in 'y'!