老(ろう)人(じん) roujinは wa杖(つえ) tsueを oついていた tsuiteita。 The old man was using a cane. Literal Old-man [topic-は] cane [object-を] was-using. 杖をつく ('to walk with a cane') literally means 'to plant a cane.' ~ていた marks the ongoing past state. A simple visual detail. daily life~ていた (past progressive/state)
老(ろう)人(じん) roujinは wa杖(つえ) tsueを oついていた tsuiteita。 The old man was using a cane. Literal Old-man [topic-は] cane [object-を] was-using. 杖をつく ('to walk with a cane') literally means 'to plant a cane.' ~ていた marks the ongoing past state. A simple visual detail. daily life~ていた (past progressive/state)