something for your knowledge.. (use of has/have been, had been)

[Candid-B]

ok, fellas, I'm going to clear something out for you to know how to use "been" [present perfect(past participle of 'be')] properly.
well... "Has been" and "have been" are both in the present perfect tense. "Has been" is used in the third-person singular and "have been" is used for first, and the second person singular and all plural uses. The present perfect tense refers to an action that began at some time in the past and is still in progress(continues). For example, if I used to jerk off when I was 10 years old and I am still jerking off, I would say "I have been jerking off since I was 10 years old."

"Had been" is the past perfect tense and is used in all cases, singular and plural. The past perfect tense refers to something that began in the past and was still true at another time that also was in the past. So, if I jerk off since I was 10, and I got married when I was 19, and now I am 22, I could say "When I got married, I had been jerking off for 9 years.". "when I got married" part identifies a specific time in the past, and the "had been jerking off for 9 years" says that jerking off was still going on at another time that is also in the past. Note that it does not matter, in this case, whether I am still jerking off in the present - the sentence is correct either way. hope you got me, brothers. stay safe !

 

[Candid-B]

මම අවුරුදු 10දි අතේ ගැහුවා සහ මම තාමත් අතේ ගහනවා. මම අතේ ගහන්නෙ අවුරුදු 10 ඉඳලා.

 

[Kevin_Fdo]

 

[Candid-B]

හුත්ත

 

[jamiezue]

අතීතයේ වුන was /were ටයිප් එකේ වාක්‍ය වල ඊට කලින් වෙමින් තිබුන දෙයක් දාන්න ඕනෙනම් had been පාවිච්චි කරනවා..හරි නේද.. ඊට අමතරව was/were , had beenදෙක එක වගේම වෙන වෙලාවලුත් තියනවා උදා.
1.The well had been producing clean water.
2.The well was producing clean water.
.නමුත් මේ දෙක තේරුම් ගන්න ඕනෙ දෙවිදිහකට.. අපි හැම වෙලාවෙම ප් එක යොදද්දී ඒකෙන් ගම්‍ය වෙනවා වර්තමානය අතර සම්බන්දයක්.. මෙන්න්න කල්පනා කරන්න ඕනෙ තැන් ටිකක්
1.after the transaction had been completed, A was still a partner of ABC & co.
2.after the transaction was completed, A was still a partner of ABC & co.(මෙන්න මේකත් ඇමරිකන් ඉන්ගිරිසියෙ සමහර විට හරි ඇති..ඒ කියන්නෙ ඒ ගොල්ලො පාවිච්චි කරන විදිහට)

 

[jamiezue]

"The past perfect tense refers to something that began in the past and was still true at another time that also was in the past"

මේ ටික කියවද්දී මොලේට මොකද්ද උනා..එකපාරම තේරුම් ගන්න බැරිවුනා.. පරක්කු වෙලා වැටහුනෙ.

 

[bravehearts]

thing is, we have learnt these grammar parts I think uncountable times but the real time usage is difficult because we tend to think in sinhala most of the time and then trying to convert into English

 

[Candid-B]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to jamiezue again.

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[ksperj]

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[starcred007]

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