past tense

The past tense is a grammatical tense that place an action or situation in the past of the current moment (in an absolute tense system) or prior to some specified time that May be in the speaker’s past , present , or future (in a relatives tense system). Not all languages mark verbs for the past tense (mandarin Chinese , for example , does not) : In some languages , the grammatical expression of past tense is combined with the expression of mood and/or aspect (see tense – aspect -mood) – some languages that mark for past tense do so by inflecting the verb, while others do so by using auxiliary verbs (and some do both)

The simple past tense is sometimes called the preterite tense. We can use several tenses to talk about the past, but the simple past tense is the one we use most often.

Rumus u/ simple past tense :
Subject + verb 2 + object + modifier

Note :
Jika subjek diikuti oleh adjective / noun , gunakan be was jika subjectnya I , he, she, it / noun yang dapat digantikan he, she / it dan digunakan were jika subjectnya you, they, we / noun yg dapat digantikan dgn you, they / we

Subject + (was/were) + adjective / noun
e.g :
She was rich ( dia dulu kaya )
Simple Past Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian yg telah berakhir (completed action) yg terjadi pada waktu yg spesifik dimasa lampau. E.g : I went to Parangtritis beach last month (saya pergi ke pantai Parangtritis bulan kemarin)