The games were affordable.

This sentence in Urdu reads کھیل قابل برداشت تھے۔, in Hindi खेल किफ़ायती थे।, and is often typed in Hinglish as Khel qabil-e-bardasht thay.. In English, it translates to: The games were affordable..

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

Structure: Subject + were + adjective/noun (e.g., I were affordable).

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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