No. 683 in Persian
بود
"بود" means "was" or "existed."
In a sentence
این کتاب قدیم بود.
This book was old.
بود is used as the simple past of 'to be', referring to the state of the book being old in the past.
اگر هوا آفتابی بود، بیرون میرفتیم.
If the weather was sunny, we would go outside.
بود is used to indicate a hypothetical past condition in a conditional sentence.
گفت اگر کار سخت باشد، کمک بود.
He said if the work is hard, help would exist.
بود is used in a reported speech scenario to suggest conditional provision in the past.
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