edi
/edi/
was, were — Past form of the defective verb e "be". Placed after a verb form it also builds past tenses such as bara edi and barğan edi.
- ol usta edi — he was a master of his craft
- ol da anda edi — he was there too
- joq edi — there was not; he was absent
- kerek edi — it was needed
- bara edim — I was going
- barğan edim — I had gone
- işlegen edi — he had worked
- üyge ot salğan edile — they had set fire to the house
- ol jeti sağatda turuwçan edi — he used to get up at seven o'clock