[General] We walked past the church.

[hossainmd]

Would anyone explain me the meaning of the sentence " We walked past the church". Thank you.

 

[Rover_KE]

andrewg927, for the second time, please read this extract from the Posting Guidelines:

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[andrewg927]

I apologize. I did not get the first message. I will include that piece of information in my future posts. Thank you.

 

[GoesStation]

I apologize. I did not get the first message. I will include that piece of information in my future posts. Thank you.

Once you have a certain number of posts, you'll be able to add a signature to your profile. That's where I put my disclaimer.

 

[Polyester]

See defiinition 10 of 'past' here.

Can I ask you a question?
Sometimes the native speaker need to check out the dictionary for what does the word mean?

 

[GoesStation]

Can I ask you a question?
[STRIKE]Sometimes the[/STRIKE] Do native speakers sometimes need to check [STRIKE]out the[/STRIKE] a dictionary [STRIKE]for[/STRIKE] to learn what [STRIKE]does the[/STRIKE] a word means?

Certainly. It would be rare for a native speaker to look up a common word like "past", but monolingual dictionaries exist mainly for the use of native speakers.