Let’s review these two Past Tenses:
Radha saw = Radha ne dekh-a
Radha saw (recently) = Radha ne dekh-a hai
Amit heard =
Amit’s heard =
add a tha at the end
Radha ne dekh-a -> Radha ne dekh-a tha (Radha had heard
Amit ne sun-a -> Amit ne sun-a tha (Amit had heard)
Amit saw =
Amit had seen =
I had made a dosa =
We do the same for instransitive forms:
She went to the office -> She had gone to the office
vo office ga-yi -> vo office ga-yi thi
Amit came home =
Amit had come home =