No. 886 in Armenian
անցյալ
"Անցյալ" in English means "past."
In a sentence
Անցյալ տարի մենք այցելեցինք Փարիզ։
Last year we visited Paris.
In this sentence, 'անցյալ' is used as an adjective modifying 'տարի' to specify the time period as the previous year.
Անցյալը միշտ մեզ հետ է։
The past is always with us.
Here, 'անցյալ' is used as a noun referring to the concept of 'the past'.
Դասի անցյալ թեման շատ հետաքրքիր էր։
The previous topic of the lesson was very interesting.
In this usage, 'անցյալ' functions as an adjective describing 'թեման' to indicate it was the prior topic discussed.
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