You are certainly aware that asonk, i.e., the Konkani verb to be, is intransitive, which means that the action is not passed on to an object, because it has no object. However, unlike many other languages, Konkani intransitive verbs agree with the subject both in number and gender in most tenses. And that is certainly true of the simple past. This is how it is conjugated:
Affirmative
S i n g u l a r |
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|---|---|
| Written/formal | Spoken |
| Hanv aslom, aslim, aslim = I was |
Hanv ahal’lom, ahal’lim, ahal’lim |
| Tum asloi, aslii, aslẽi = You (s.) were |
Tum ahal’loi, ahal’lii, ahal’lẽi |
| To aslo, ti asli, tem aslem = He, she, it was |
To ahal’lo, ti ahal’li, tem ahal’lem |
P l u r a l |
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|---|---|
| Written/formal | Spoken |
| Ami asleanv = We were |
Ami ahal’leanv |
| Tumi asleat = You (pl.) were |
Tumi ahal’leat |
| Te asle, teô asleô, tim aslim = They were |
Te ahal’le, teô ahal’leô, tim ahal’lim |
Negative
S i n g u l a r |
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|---|---|
| Written/formal | Spoken |
| Hanv naslom, naslim, naslim = I wasn’t |
Hanv nahal’lom, nahal’lim, nahal’lim |
| Tum nasloi, naslii, naslẽi = You (s.) weren’t |
Tum nahal’loi, nahal’lii, nahal’lẽi |
| To naslo, ti nasli, tem naslem = He, she, it wasn’t |
To nahal’lo, ti nahal’li, tem nahal’lem |
P l u r a l |
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|---|---|
| Written/formal | Spoken |
| Ami nasleanv = We weren’t |
Ami nahal’leanv |
| Tumi nasleat = You (pl.) weren’t |
Tumi nahal’leat |
| Te nasle, teô nasleô, tim naslim = They weren’t |
Te nahal’le, teô nahal’leô, tim nahal’lim |