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〜でした / 〜じゃありませんでした

JLPT N5 Adjectives

na-adjectives: past and negative past

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Na-adjectives form the past with deshita and the negative past with ja arimasen deshita, exactly like nouns. The adjective itself does not change. Compare i-adjectives, which conjugate internally instead.

Examples

  • でし

    Kinou wa hima deshita.

    I was free yesterday.

  • じゃませでし

    Matsuri wa nigiyaka ja arimasen deshita.

    The festival was not lively.

Vocabulary in these examples

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