plain past verb form

The ta form is the casual past and is made exactly like the te form but with ta instead of te: nonda, tabeta, itta. It is also the base for patterns like ta koto ga aru and ta ato de. Suru becomes shita and kuru becomes kita.

Examples

• 昨日きのう友達ともだちと話はなした。

  Kinou tomodachi to hanashita.

  I talked with a friend yesterday.

• 日曜日にちようびは家いえにいた。

  Nichiyoubi wa ie ni ita.

  I was at home on Sunday.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 昨日 yesterday
• 友達 friend
• 話す to speak; to talk
• 日曜日 Sunday
• 家 house; home
• いる to exist (animate); to be

Related patterns · Verb forms

• 〜ます polite non-past verb form
• 〜ません polite negative (do not / will not)
• 〜ました / 〜ませんでした polite past (did / did not)
• 〜ない plain negative verb form
• 辞書形 dictionary (plain non-past) form and its uses
• 〜たことがあります have done (something) before (experience)