Past tense for 이다

[shanshanchua]

I've got a real basic question: how is the past tense for 이다 conjugated?

Simple present tense would be 입니다, 이에요, 예요, 이야 or 야 right?

What about the past tense?

Thanks!

[hyunwoo]

shanshanchua,

The past tense for 이다 is

이었다

--> 이었습니다. 이었어요. 이었어.

And more often than not,
it's abbreviated to 였습니다, 였어요, 였어요.

[shanshanchua]

Hyunwoo - 감사합니다! That was really helpful!

[hyunwoo]

Glad that it helped !!