esim.

At 9.00 John started repairing his car.

At 9..30 John finished repairing his car.

At 9.15 John was repairing his car.

I				working		I was working in my office yesterday evening
He				eating		He was eating when I arrived.
She		was		reading		She was reading the newspaper when the phone rang.
It				raining		It was raining all day yesterday.
You				watching		You were watching a good film.
We		were		relaxing		We were relaxing after the sauna.
They				flying		They were flying home.

		I		going		I going in the wrong direction?
		he		staying		Was he staying at the Hilton hotel?
Was		she		drinking		Was she drinking coffee or tea?
		it		raining		Was it raining when you came home?
		you		living		Were you living in Helsinki in 1989?
Were		we		driving		Were we driving too fast?
		they		painting		Were they painting the house yesterday afternoon?

When (kun)

We were watching TV when the phone rang.*

I was eating breakfast when the newspaper came.*

* Yleisimperfekti ilmaisee lyhyen tapahtuman.

While (sillä aikaa kun)

I was looking after the children while my wife was studying.**

We were having breakfast while they were getting ** ready.

** Kestoimperfekti ilmaisee jatkuvaa toimintaa.

D: Yesterday morning? What time yesterday morning?

P: Yesterday morning at 7 o’clock. What were you doing at that time?

D: I was at home, I was eating breakfast and listening to the weather forecast on the radio.

P: No, you weren’t. You’re lying to us. You weren’t eating your breakfast. You were in Pont Street. You were sitting in your car waiting for your colleagues to come out of the bank they were robbing.

D: No, I wasn’t. I was at home. Ask my girlfriend, she was with me. We were both eating our breakfast

D: You’re the detective, you find her.

P: You’re not being very helpful Mr Denver. Now then, where were you on March 30th last year.

D: I was in Glasgow.

D: No, I told you. I was in Glasgow. I’ve got an alibi. I can prove I was in Glasgow

P: Oh yeah. Your girlfriend, I suppose.

P: Oh.

Once he put a small bomb in the toilet in an American hotel room - the explosion made a huge hole in the bathroom floor. One day a hotel manager telephoned to his room to complain that the music was too loud - Keith threw the television out of the window. For ten years Keith Moon wrecked hotel rooms in America, Europe and the Far East. His extraordinary behaviour cost him between £150 000 and £200 000 in damages.

Keith Moon spent money as fast as he earned it. He spent his money on clothes, cars and having fun. He was also a heavy drinker. He often drank two bottles of brandy and two bottles of champagne a day.

One night Keith was eating in "Tramps", a fashionable London night club, when he saw a beautiful, blonde Swedish girl sitting at a nearby table. He fell in love immediately. He called a waiter, and gave him a large tip and asked him to tell the girl’s boyfriend that there was a telephone call for him. Then Keith went to the girl’s table and introduced himself. The girl’s name was Annette Walter-Lax and she fell in love with Keith and went to live with him in California.

One night in 1978 he went to a party. He was very quiet, he spent most of the time talking about music with Beatle Paul McCartney. He told Paul that he and Annette planned to get married.

Next morning, he was found dead in his bed.