We were soldiers once. / Did you hear that?

** 오늘의 문법 - Be 동사의 과거.

* be 동사 뜻 : ~ 이다, ~ 있다, ~되다.
-> 과거는? : ~였다. ~있었다. ~됐다.

* [현재형의 be동사 모습은?]
I am / You are / He is / She is /
They are / We are / It is

* [be 동사의 과거형은?]
I was / You were / He was / She was
They were / We were / It was

* We were kids. (우리는 어린이들이었다.)
- I was a kid. (나는 어린이였어.)
- I was a teacher. (나는 선생이였어.)
- She was a pretty girl. (그녀는 예쁜 소녀였었어.)
- We were soldiers. (우리는 군인들이었어.)
- I was a boy. (나는 소년이었어.)
- They were soldiers once. (그들은 한때 군인들이었지.)

* She is quite popular. (그녀는 꽤 인기가 있다.)
: She was quite popular. (그녀는 꽤 인기가 있었다.)

※ quite : 꽤, 아주, / popular : 인기 있는,
- They are quite popular. (그들은 꽤 인기가 있다.)
: They were quite popular. (그들은 꽤 인기가 있었다.)

* 대답?
- Are you healthy? (너 건강하니?)
: I was, but not now. (예전엔 그랬지만, 지금은 아니다.)
- Are you rich? (너 부자야?)
: I was, but not now. (예전엔 그랬는데, 지금은 아냐.)
- Are you a good student? (너희들은 좋은 학생들인가?)
: We were, but not now. (우리들은 예전에 그랬었지만, 지금은 아냐.)
- Are you beautiful? (너 예뻐?)
: I am, but I wasn't before. (지금은 그런데, 전에는 안그랬어.)

 

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** 오늘의 문법 - 과거의문문

* Do you do it? 하면 (너 그거 하니?)
-> 과거를 물으면 : Did you do it? (너 그거 했니?)

* Did you hear that? (그거(얘기) 들었어요?)
* (Q) "들었어? 들렸냐?" 인데, 왜 과거형 heard를 안쓰고, hear를 쓸까요?
=> 앞에 Did 라는 과거형을 써서 물어보기 때문에, 굳이 heard 과거형을 쓸 필요가 없다.

     원형으로 hear를 써주면 된다.

- Did you see that? (그거 봤니?)
- Did you know that? (그거 알고있어?)
- Did you say that? (그거 얘기했어?)

* 대답은?
: did로 물어보니까 did로 답한다.
- Yes, I did.
- No, I didn't.

* 다른 의문사들을 앞에 붙여서 좀 더 구체적인 질문을 할 수도 있다.
- When did you know that? (언제 그거 알았어?)
- How did you know that? (어떻게 그거 알았어?)
- Where did you do that? (어디서 했니?)
- Why did you do that? (그거 왜 했어?)
- When did you see that? (그거 언제 봤어?)
※ What did you do? (뭐 했어?)
; 여기서는 that이 빠져야 옳은 문장.

* Didn't know that? (그거 몰랐어?)
- Didn't see that? (그거 못 봤니?)
- Didn't say that? (그거 얘기 안했어?)

* Didn't you ~ ? 에 대한 질문의 대답은 어떻게 하나?
: Didn't you know that? (그거 몰랐니?)

우리말로 해석해서 대답하려면 무지 헷갈리지만,
영어는 단순하게 대답하면 된다.

Did you hear that? (얘기 들었어요?)
-> (들었으면) Yes.
Didn't you hear that? (얘기 못 들었냐?)
-> (부정의문으로 물었어도 들었으면) Yes.
You didn't hear that? (너 못 들었지?)
-> (들었으면) Yes.