Can you break this down for me

[musicisgood]

騒いでいた

Sawaide ita

I know it means something like " noisy " but I don't understand the grammar part of it.
Thanks.

 

[mdchachi]

Same thing like "was riding a bicycle"
自転車に乗っていた

騒ぐ → 騒いで → 騒いでいた
Usually it's used in the context of making a fuss or commotion. Like the stuff that's going on now in the media over former Princess Mako.

 

[musicisgood]

Same thing like "was riding a bicycle"
自転車に乗っていた

騒ぐ → 騒いで → 騒いでいた
Usually it's used in the context of making a fuss or commotion. Like the stuff that's going on now in the media over former Princess Mako.

Well, that give a good understanding even your example. So it must be just an expression of some type then .
Thank you.

 

[bentenmusume]

More accurately than saying "an expression of some type" (which makes it sound like an idiom or figure of speech), it's a simple verb conjugation.
騒ぐ (the base form of the verb, i.e. what would be listed in dictionaries) means "to make a commotion".

The -ている form in this case is progressive/continuous (i.e. equivalent to the English "is -ing")
騒いでいる = [They] are making a commotion.
Changing the いる to いた makes it past tense progressive.
騒いでいた = [They] were making a commotion.

(The sentence in question omits the subject, which is possible in Japanese, unlike English. To know who was making a commotion, you need to know the context.)

 

[musicisgood]

More accurately than saying "an expression of some type" (which makes it sound like an idiom or figure of speech), it's a simple verb conjugation.
騒ぐ (the base form of the verb, i.e. what would be listed in dictionaries) means "to make a commotion".

The -ている form in this case is progressive/continuous (i.e. equivalent to the English "is -ing")
騒いでいる = [They] are making a commotion.
Changing the いる to いた makes it past tense progressive.
騒いでいた = [They] were making a commotion.

(The sentence in question omits the subject, which is possible in Japanese, unlike English. To know who was making a commotion, you need to know the context.)

Thank you very much.
Great explanation.