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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