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Lesson 32: Verbs in the past tense
Verbs in the long form, the ones ending in ます, are very easy to change to the past tense. The only thing we need to do is to change ます into ました and we're done.
| English | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Did you eat already? |
もう食べましたか？ mou tabemasita ka? |
| When did you buy a dog? |
いつ犬を買いましたか？ itu inu wo kaimasita ka? |
| (He) drank a lot. |
たくさん飲みました。 takusan nomimasita. |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| already; more; again |
もう mou |
| Did you eat already? |
もう食べましたか？ mou tabemasita ka? |
| when |
いつ itu |
| When did you buy a dog? |
いつ犬を買いましたか？ itu inu wo kaimasita ka? |
| many, much, a lot |
たくさん takusan |
| (He) drank a lot. |
たくさん飲みました。 takusan nomimasita. |
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