No. 1,848 in Turkish
ediyordu
"Ediyordu" means "was doing" in English.
In a sentence
O, kitap okuyordu.
He/she was reading a book.
The word "ediyordu" shows past continuous action here, used with the verb “to read”.
Bahçede çalışıyordu.
He/she was working in the garden.
Here, "ediyordu" is part of the past continuous tense again, explaining a repeated action in the garden.
Bu konuyu açıklıkla ifade ediyordu.
He/she was expressing this topic clearly.
In this sentence, "ediyordu" indicates the person was continuously performing the action of expressing in the past.
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