चुका था

had already

→ चुकना

phrase Rare #6,511

had already Follows a verb to show that an action had been completed before a past point. चुका changes form to agree with the subject; this masculine singular form is used with a masculine singular subject.

HI: जब तुमने फोन किया, मैं घर पहुँच चुका था।

EN: When you called, I had already arrived home.

च्यांग पहले भी यह सब कर चुका था।

Chiang had done all this before.

मैं उससे पहले कई बार मिल चुका था।

I had met him/her several times before that.

इस बीच सिल्वर मून वापस आ चुका था।

Meanwhile, Silver Moon had returned.

बेकर तो इससे काफ़ी पहले ही उठ चुका था।

The baker had already gotten up much earlier than that.

जो कोई अपना पैसा निकालना चाहता था, वह निकाल चुका था।

Anyone who wanted to withdraw their money had already done so.

मुझे लगा कि वह काम खतम कर चुका था।

I thought he had finished the work.

मैं लगभग वहाँ जा चुका था।

I had almost reached there.

— Roma (2018)