եղել

In a sentence

• Նա միշտ եղել է օրինակելի աշակերտ։

  He has always been an exemplary student.

  The word 'եղել' in this sentence is used as the past participle of 'to be' indicating a state or characteristic in the past.

• Ես երջանիկ եմ եղել մեր հանդիպումից հետո։

  I have been happy since our meeting.

  Here, 'եղել' is part of a past compound form to express a state that commenced earlier and has relevance to the present.

• Կարող էր եղել ամպամած, բայց արևը դուրս եկավ։

  It could have been cloudy, but the sun came out.

  In this sentence, 'եղել' involves a hypothetical or possible past condition, depicted within a conjecture about the weather.