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やってた

was doing, was playing, was on (TV), was showing

→ 遣る
やっ do, carry out + て Te-form (conjunctive form) + た Past tense
verb · informal, past tense Uncommon #9,278
was doing, was playing Colloquial contraction of やっていた.
JA: 昨日は家で宿題をやってた。
EN: I was doing homework at home yesterday.
Conjugation of 遣る
Past
やってたやらせた

納棺ってね昔は家族でやってたものなの

You know, in the old days, families used to prepare the deceased for burial themselves.

— Departures (2008)

鬼ごっこみたいな遊び、よくやってたな。

We used to play games like tag all the time.

ちょうど何やってたの？

What were you doing just now?

どこから来たかどうやってたか知らんがソーダが欲しい？

I don't know where you came from or how you did it, but you want a soda?

— ムーンライズ・キングダム (2012)

ニハール・シンもやってた

Nihal Singh did it too.

— Article 15 (2019)

ベートーベンは物理学もやってたとか？

I heard Beethoven studied physics too?

— ザ・マン・フロム・アース (2007)

中尉と歯医者はよろしくやってたわけだ

So the lieutenant and the dentist had a thing going on.

— マレーナ (2000)

前やってたあのゲーム進んだか？

Have you made any progress in that game you were playing before?

彼女は何一つせずにすべて俺がやってたんだ

She didn’t do a single thing—I was the one doing everything.

— レザボア・ドッグス (1992)

何やってたんだよ

What were you doing?

— 映画 聲の形 (2016)

若い頃はよくサッカーやってたんだ。

I used to play soccer a lot when I was younger.

お前も一緒にやってたじゃん！→

You were doing it with us too!

— 映画 聲の形 (2016)

トムって、お前の部屋で何やってたの？

What was Tom doing in your room?

さっきやってた芸を見せてあげて

Show them the trick you were just doing.

— 道 (1954)

二人ともあの上で何をやってたの？

What were you two doing up there?

今日、サッカーをやってたよ。

I was playing soccer today.

お母さんは同じくらいのことは平気でやってたし私も譲らなかったし

Mom had done just as much without a second thought, and I wasn’t about to give in either.

— Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026)

戦時中は、お砂糖なしでやってたのよ。

During the war, we got by without sugar.

トムは麻薬やってたの？

Was Tom doing drugs?

やらなきゃいけなかったのなら、あの時やってたよ。

If I’d had to do it, I would have done it then.

"法律のクソ-ドアを開くためにやってたんだ"

I was doing it to open the damn door to the law.

— ピエロがお前を嘲笑う (2014)

タクシー運転手俺も昔やってたよ

I used to be a taxi driver too.

— es［エス］ (2001)

あなた何をやってたの

What were you doing?

— ハウルの動く城 (2004)

昨日の人形劇だけど…やってた人のこと覚えてる？

About yesterday’s puppet show... do you remember the person who was performing it?

— ふたりのベロニカ (1991)

verb · informal, imperfect tense Rare #27,965
was on (TV), was showing Casual contraction of やっていた.
JA: 昨日、この番組をテレビでやってた。
EN: This show was on TV yesterday.
was doing Casual contraction of やっていた.
JA: 前は誰がこの仕事をやってたの？
EN: Who was doing this job before?
Conjugation of やる
Indicative imperfect
やってた

前はこれ誰がやってたの？

Who used to do this before?

前はよくやってたよ。

I used to do that a lot.

さっきテレビでやってた

It was just on TV.

— アイム・スティル・ヒア (2024)

大学でサッカーやってた？

Did you play soccer in college?

彼はそれだけのことをやってたんだから。

He had done that much, after all.

大学でアメフトやってた？

Did you play American football in college?

その映画、テレビでやってたよ。

That movie was on TV.