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Past

According to Tolkien, the Adûnaic past tense was “often used as pluperfect when aorist = past, or as future perfect when aorist = future”. For the newcomer, the past tense is used to talk in the past tense.

Biconsonantal verbs	Double second consonant, suffix -a.	*yad- “to go” > yadda “gone”
Triconsonantal verbs	Double second consonant, suffix -a.	kalab- “to fall” > kallaba “fallen/fell”
Derived verbs	Break up consonant clusters with additional base vowels, double second-to-last consonant, shorten final -â.	*azgarâ- “to wage war” > azaggara “waged war” \| abrazâ- “to endure” > abarraza “endured”