The library was wide.

This sentence in Urdu reads لائبریری چوڑی تھی۔, in Hindi लाइब्रेरी चौड़ी थी।, and is often typed in Hinglish as Library chora thi.. In English, it translates to: The library was wide..

Grammar Point: The Past Simple tense with "to be" (was) describes a past state, trait, or condition — here, "wide".

Structure: Subject + was + adjective/noun (e.g., I was wide).

Usage Tip: Use this pattern to describe how someone or something was in the past, unlike "am/is/are" for the present.

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