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No. 10,201 in Catalan

penjava

"Penjava" means "hung" or "was hanging" in English.

In a sentence

  • Ella penjava el quadre a la paret.

    She was hanging the painting on the wall.

    Here, 'penjava' is used as the third-person singular of the imperfect tense of the verb 'penjar,' meaning 'to hang.' It indicates an action that was ongoing in the past.

  • Mentre ell arreglava coses, jo penjava la roba.

    While he was fixing things, I was hanging the clothes.

    In this sentence, 'penjava' represents a simultaneous action in the past, using the imperfect tense to set the scene for ongoing past activities.

  • L'àvia m'explicava històries mentre penjava la roba al sol.

    Grandmother used to tell me stories while she hung the clothes in the sun.

    'Penjava' conveys a habitual or repeated action in the past timeframe, reflecting the grammatical use of the imperfect tense.

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