Tham khảo tài liệu 'japanese is possible - lesson 18', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Japanese is Possible! Week 18 Part 18 ● Adjectives - Past Tense ● Example Sentences ● Words by Category Adjectives - Past Tense In Japanese, you simply add an ending to an adjective to make it apply to the past. In English, on the other hand, we say something was white. If you wanted to say "The cat was white", you could say: neko wa shiroi datta. and you could get your point across. However, there is a better way to do it. It also happens to be the form that Japanese speakers would use. -katta : The Past Tense Ending Several weeks ago, we learned how to take (normal) adjectives and add the -ku ending: shiroi - shiroku osoi - osoku Remember, this only applies to normal adjectives (that end in -i) and not Quasi adjectives. For a review on adjectives, please take a look at Week 11. Example: neko wa shirokatta. cat (subject) was white The cat was white. How to use the -katta ending: 1) Take the adjective osoi 2) Remove the final -i oso 3) Add -katta, and you're done! osokatta There's another place you can use this ending! Any time you have -nai, you can change it to -nakatta to make it past tense. shiroku nai - shiroku nakatta isn't white - wasn't white hayaku nai - hayaku nakatta isn't fast - wasn't fast dekinai - dekinakatta can't do - couldn't do Example Sentences kimi wa osokatta zo! you (subject) were slow ! You're late! keiko no kao wa shirokatta. Keiko ('s) face (subject) was white. Keiko's face was white. hayakatta yo! (it) was fast ! That was quick! neko wa kurokatta kara, nanimo dekinakatta. cat (subject) was black because, nothing couldn't do. Because it was a black cat, I couldn't do anything. ano tokage no hara wa akakatta. that lizard ('s) stomach (subject) was red. That lizard had a red stomach. Words by Category I strongly recommend learning all of the words that you have seen in the "Popular Words" section of JIP. If there are some that you haven't learned, I suggest that you visit the archives, and add the "Popular Words" to your word list. These .
