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JLPT N4 Grammar

ていた

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N4 · Other · te-form verb + いた

was doing or was in a state

te-form verb + いた

ていた can show an action in progress at a past time, or a state that continued in the past.

Use time expressions and context to decide whether it is past progressive or past state.

子どものころ、この町に住んでいました。

I lived in this town when I was a child.

Do not translate every ていた as 'was doing'; it can also mean 'used to be in a state.'

Move ている into the past and it becomes ていた.

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