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-nu → nda shinu → shinda
-bu → nda asobu → asonda
-ku → ita kaku → kaita
-gu → ida isogu → isoida
-su → shita hanasu → hanashita
Ru-Verbs:
-ru → ta taberu→ tabeta
Irregular Verbs:
kuru → kita suru→ shita
Special Polite Verbs:
iku→ itta aru→ atta
Special Polite Verbs:
ru → tta irassharu → irasshatta ossharu → osshatta
To make the negative past form, change nai → nakatta
nomu → nomanai → namanakatta
taberu → tabenai → tabenakatta
GRAMMAR NOTE Combining Sentences: Te-Form of
Predicates
When we discussed earlier how to combine two nouns using the particle to, a
warning was given not to use this particle to combine anything else. Now we
will learn how to combine sentences. To combine two sentences into one, change
the predicate of the first sentence to the te-form.
Osoku natta. Gomen. I’m late. I’m sorry.
→ Osoku natte, gomen. I’m sorry for being late.
How do we make a te-form? There are different rules depending on the type of
predicate (verb, adjective, or noun predicate.) For an adjective predicate, add -te
to the adjective -ku form.
takai → takakute expensive and…
