No. 188 in Estonian
polnud
"Polnud" means "was not" or "were not" in English.
In a sentence
Ta ei polnud valmis eksamiks.
He was not ready for the exam.
In this sentence, "polnud" is used to negate the state of being ready in the past tense.
Seal polnud kedagi.
There was no one there.
Here, "polnud" is employed to describe the absence of someone in a location in the past.
Kastis polnud midagi huvitavat.
There was nothing interesting in the box.
This instance of "polnud" conveys the absence of interesting items in a container when referring to the past.
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