ловил

was catching, caught

ɫ ɐ vʲ i ɫ → ловить

лов to catch + ил Masculine singular past tense

verb · singular masculine, past tense Rare #52,018

was catching, caught For catching fish, English often uses “was fishing.”

RU: Вчера он ловил рыбу на берегу.

EN: Yesterday he was fishing on the bank.

Conjugation of ловить

Indicative past

ловил

I was the one who caught the fish.

— Gentlemen of Fortune (1971)

I caught the ball.

A man was fishing on the opposite bank.

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