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EPISODE · Jan 1, 2021 · 0 MIN

Plain Forms in Past Tense

from Japanese Grammar Tips · host Yuya Sato

<Past, affirmative> Verb: たべる (eat) -Polite forms: たべました -Plain forms:たべた Verb: のむ (drink) -Polite forms: のみました -Plain forms:のんだ *For verbs, you need to replace the te-form endings て and で with た and だ. い-adjective: うつくしい (beautiful) -Polite forms: うつくしかったです -Plain forms:うつくしかった * For い-adjective, you need to replace the last い with かった. な-adjective: きれい (clean, beautiful) -Polite forms: きれいでした -Plain forms:きれいだった *For な-adjective, you need to add the word だった. Noun + です: がくせいです (is/am a student) -Polite forms: がくせいでした -Plain forms:がくせいだった(Replace です with だ) *For Noun + です, you need to add the word だった. <Past, negative> Verb: たべる (eat) -Polite forms: たべませんでした -Plain forms:たべなかった Verb: のむ (drink) -Polite forms: のみませんでした -Plain forms:のまなかった い-adjective: うつくしい (beautiful) -Polite forms: うつくしくなかったです -Plain forms:うつくしくなかった な-adjective: きれい (clean, beautiful) -Polite forms: きれいではなかったです -Plain forms:きれいではなかった Noun + です: がくせいです (is/am a student) -Polite forms: がくせいではなかったです -Plain forms:がくせいではなかった *As you might have noticed, negation ない conjugates just like an い-adjective, so you can replace ない with なかった for all categories. References: Introduction to Plain Forms https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Introduction-to-Plain-Forms-enp0g3 Actual Conversations Using Plain Forms https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Actual-Conversations-Using-Plain-Forms-enqrpc Te-forms https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Te-forms-enfaqj Verb Conjugation https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Verb-Conjugation-emv716 Adjectives https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Adjectives-en9o8v Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yuyaman1986

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