![]() To make it the past tense, remove ending "na", and add " deshita". Na-adjectives are the adjectives ends with "na" when it modifies a noun. oishi kunakatta desu (It wasn't delicious). To make it negative, remove ending "i", and add "kunakatta".Įxamples: oishi i desu (It's delicious) / oishi katta desu (It was delicious) / oishi kunai desu (It isn't delicious). To make it the past tense, remove ending "i", and add " katta". I-adjectives are the adjectives ends with "i" when it modifies a noun. ![]() I-adjectives - "i" + katta desu = past tense Hassatsu, Kyuusatsuįor sticks (ie.Omoshiro katta desu. Ichimai (1 piece), Nimai, Sanmai, Yonmai and so on Ippiki (1 animal), Nihiki (2 animals), Sanbiki, Yonhiki, Gohiki, Roppiki, Nanahiki, Happiki, Kyuuhikiįor papers, clothes, etc in piece form – How many pieces (Nan Mai) Hitori (1 person), Futari (2 persons), Sannin, Yonnin, Gonin, Rokunin and so on In Japanese, it uses different pronunciation to represent “piece” for different type of things. For past tense, you have to use “yokatta”. This is a very special word that will change totally to different word. Suki or Benri doesn’t end with “i” but instead there are end with “ki” and “ri” respectively. Dont mix up with this otherwise you will end up saying “Suki” as “Sukkatta” which will make the Japanese scratching their heads. You must remember, the “i” that I mentioned above is Japanese Character not English Alphabet. Just like “kirei (ki re i)” – “re” is the fourth character.įor more information on the Japanese Character, have a look at Pronunciation section In this case, the “ne” is the fourth character just before the “i”. To identify which adjective that end with “i” requires “katta” or “deshita”, simply look at the second japanese character.įor example : teinei (in hiragana, it identifies as te i ne i) – If the fourth character is just before the “i”, then use “deshita”. You don’t need to remove any alphabet (in Japanese – the hiragana character) whereby you just need to add a “deshita” at the back. Those words (adjectives) without an “i” at the end will definately use “deshita”. Sound confusing, right? Yes, it indeed very confusing where many Japanese Learner got them mixed up. However there are some words with an “i” at the back but you cannot replace it with “katta”. All you need to do is to remove the “i” at the back and replace with “katta”. The top part which uses “katta” is simple. ![]() Today, I will show you how to convert Adjectives into Past Tense.Īs you can see above, there are 3 types of usage for different group of adjectives. It’s a good practice though.Īs I have show you how to convert Verbs into past tense in my previous post. Another example : Denwa o kakemasu (Make a telephone call), Mado o shimemasu (Close the window)…. In this case, you are drinking the water. Example : I drink water will be translated as “Watashi wa mizu o nomimasu”. “o” is a particle and used for indicating the case role of the phrase in relation to another word (used especially as a direct object marker). When you are typing the “o”, you should type as “wo” instead of “o” but pronunciation wise, it should be pronounced as “o” or some people say “wo”. You may notice that there is an “o” in the second example. I don’t smoke cigarette at all – zenzen suimasen I seldom drink coffee – Ko-Hi- wa amari nomimasen I write letter very often – Tegami o yoku kakimasu That car is very expensive – Sono kuruma wa totemo takai desu.
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