when two things happened in the past and one thing among them happened first (in this

case the train left was the first thing and u reached is the second thing) , then to denote the first thing, we should use "had" - see the next sentence you should have said, Naveen, by the time i reached (past tense) the station, th e train "had" already left Naveen: jnaan ellaa velliyaazhchayum me: kollam atinde spelling adyam padikedaaa Naveen: kshetrttil pokarundu ennu me: enu paranja pole aayi Naveen: parayaam enkil engine parayaam aalochikkooo tettikkotte jnaanum oru koon kanakke mulachatalla me: every friday i used to go to temple Naveen: iniyum mulachittilla ennataanu vaastavam used to ennaal pokumaayirunnu ennu soochippikkunnu me: aanalle Naveen: ee ayachatinte arttam jnaan ellaa velliyaazhchayum stiramaayi kshetrattil pokarUNDAAYIRUNNU ennaanu me: ok appo Naveen: so me: every friday Naveen: oru habit aaya kaaryam parayanm enkil every friday ennum venda me: ok Naveen: I go to temple on fridays ennu mati me: ok Naveen: i eat mangoes on tuesdays ennu paranjaal atinte arttam ellaa tuesdays ilum me: tuesday matrame kazhiku ennano Naveen: jnaan regular aayi (oru habit aayi oru chitta yode) atu kazhikkunnundu allenkil kazhikkaarundu ennu me: ok Naveen: only ennu jnaan paranjillallo tuesdays il kazhikkunnundu stiramaayi ennarttam me: ok Naveen: fridays il maatrame pokaavu ennilla pakshe stiramaayi (ataayatu atoru chittayaanu) pokarundu ennu another example me: hmm Naveen: I get up at 6 am in the morning ennu paranjaal ellaa divasavum aa samayattu ezhunnelkkunnundu ennarttam it is a routine a habit me: ok Naveen: I shave every day ennu mati shave ennatum go ennatum okke present tense aanenkilum atu oru habit ne soochipikkunnu k?

me: ok Sent at 4:24 PM on Tuesday Naveen: Who is taking your kid to school every day ennu chodikkenda karyamilla ennarttam Who takes (present tense) the kid to school ennu chodichaal atey arttamaayi me: ok