V+(았/었/였)던

Table of content

Had done/Used to be

Indicates an verb in the past has completed in the past, with the nuance of recollecting a memory.

Example

시끄러웠던 교실이 요즘에 아주 조용해요.

The classroom that used to be noisy is very quiet these days.
우리가 살았던 집은 매우 넓었어요.

The house we had lived in was very spacious.
저는 어릴 때 했던 게임을 아직 좋아해요.

I still like the games I played when I was young

Some of the pattern(s) used in this grammar

All the grammatical content on this page, excluding the computer-generated audio, is licensed under the permissive

license. Contributions, corrections, and feedback are all highly welcomed.