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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
