koşuyorlardı

This is the 13535th most frequent Turkish word.


koşuyorlardı

"They were running."


The verb 'koşuyorlardı' is in past continuous tense, indicating an ongoing action in the past, specifically that children were actively running as a background activity while playing.

Çocuklar oyun oynarken bahçede koşuyorlardı.

The children were running in the garden while playing a game.


Here, 'koşuyorlardı' is used to describe the repeated action of them running.

Sabah işe geç kalmamak için hızlıca koşuyorlardı.

They were running quickly in the morning to avoid being late for work.


The verb 'koşuyorlardı' demonstrates past continuous tense, emphasizing the determined way the athletes ran during the event.

Maraton sırasında, sporcular hırslı bir şekilde koşuyorlardı.

During the marathon, the athletes were running ambitiously.