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Grammar detail: verb past progressive form

verb past progressive form - continuous past action
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verb て form
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いた
or the polite form
いました
expresses the idea of an activity in the past that was ongoing.
For example:
かのじょ
彼女
はひとりでそこに
す
住
んでいた。
She lived there by herself.
This form is also used when describing a state that once entered remains the case. For example:
その
いぬ
犬
は
し
死
んでいた。
The dog was dead.
It can also be used when describing an action that had completely finished by the time a linked action happened - the equivalent of 'had done ~' in English (known as the pluperfect or past perfect). For example:
かれ
彼
らが
えき
駅
に
つ
着
いたとき
れっしゃ
列車
はすでに
で
出
ていた。
The train had already left when they got to the station.
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Kanji used in this grammar

彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
住
ジュウ   すむ to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
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犬
ケン   いぬ dog   
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死
シ   death   しぬ die   
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駅
エキ    station   
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着
チャク   ジャク   つく to arrive   つける to attach   きる to wear   きせる to make wear   
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列
レツ    row   
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車
シャ   くるま car   
出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
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