Was in Malayalam
ആയിരുന്നു (aayirunnu) is was, and also were: one form covers every person and number. Say aa-yi-run-nu. It is the past of the verb to be and carries used to be as well.
Most common translation
Was, used to be; the past form of the verb to be, the same for every person; were; Malayalam uses aayirunnu for both was and were.
അവൾ നല്ല കുട്ടി ആയിരുന്നു.
aval nalla kutti aayirunnu.
She was a good girl.
All Malayalam words for “was”
- ആയിരുന്നു (aayirunnu) — Was, used to be; the past form of the verb to be, the same for every person; were; Malayalam uses aayirunnu for both was and were.
- അത്ഭുതപ്പെടുക (athbhuthappeduka) — Surprised; felt wonder or astonishment at something unexpected, was taken aback.
- അമ്പാടി (ambadi) — Place where Lord Krishna was brought up.
- ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു (undaayirunnu) — There was, there were, had.
- കണ്ടെത്തുക (kandethuka) — To find, to discover, to locate something that was lost or hidden; finding, discovering or locating something; getting hold of what was lost or searched for.
- കഴിഞ്ഞു (kazhinju) — Could, was able to; the past of kazhiyuka, to be able; done, finished, completed, over; finished, completed, over and done with; the past form of kazhiyuka.
- ജോലി ചെയ്യുക (joli cheyyuka) — Worked, did work, was employed; listed here as the verb to work.
- തിരിച്ചുവരുന്നു (thirichuvarunnu) — Returns, comes back to where one was; giving a thing back is thirichu kodukkuka.
- പാരിജാതം (parijatham) — A divine tree (got from the ocean of milk when it was being churned by the Devas (gods) and Asuras according to Hindu mythology), a tree with fragrant flowers, fragrance.
- പിറന്നാൾ (pirannal) — Birthday; the yearly return of the day one was born.
- ബാക്കിയായി (baakkiyaayi) — Remained, was left over, stayed behind; the past form of baakkiyaakuka.
- വിജയകരമായ (vijayakaramaaya) — Successful, turning out well, achieving what was aimed at.
- വെളിപ്പെടുത്തി (velippeduthi) — Revealed. Made known something that was hidden; disclosed or showed it.
- വേണം (venam) — Want, to need, to wish for; Malayalam says enikku venam, I want; should, ought to, need to; on a verb the obligation is usually shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, should go; needs, requires, must have; Malayalam says venam, it is needed; wants, needs, would like to have; in Malayalam the person wanting takes the dative and the thing wanted is the subject; needed, required, wanted; Malayalam says venam, it is needed, and inflects it for tense as venamayirunnu for was needed; wanna, want to; Malayalam says venam for wanting something, as in enikku chaaya venam, I want tea.
- സ്വന്തമായിരുന്നു (swanthamaayirunnu) — Owned; was the property of someone; Malayalam says swanthamaayirunnu or udamasthanaayirunnu.
ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു (undaayirunnu) is the other past of being, there was or there were, used for existence and possession rather than for identity.
Common questions
How do you say was in Malayalam?
Was is ആയിരുന്നു (aayirunnu), and the same word serves for were.
What is the difference from the there was form?
ആയിരുന്നു (aayirunnu) says that something was something, while ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു (undaayirunnu) says that it existed or that someone had it.