was
意味
- beの一人称および三人称単数過去形
例文
While he was in London, he improved his English.
彼はロンドンにいる間、自分の英語を伸ばした。
The meeting was canceled because of the typhoon.
会は台風のため中止になった。
Mary was referred to as the diva of the century.
メアリーは世紀の歌姫と呼ばれていた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English was, from Old English wæs, from Proto-Germanic *was, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂we-h₂wós-e from *h₂wes- (“to reside”), whence also vestal. See also Scots was, West Frisian was (dated, wie is generally preferred today), Dutch was, Low German was, German war, Swedish var); also Kamkata-viri vos-, Sanskrit उवास (uvā́sa). The paradigm of “to be” has been since the time of Proto-Germanic a synthesis of three originally distinct verb stems. The infinitive form be and its derived forms been and being are from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become”). The present-tense indicative forms am, is, and are are both derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).
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