Japanese

<p>
	In this lesson you will learn how to conjugate <strong>な-adjectives</strong> into the past tense and the negative form in Japanese.
	In both cases the adjective itself is left unchanged while <strong>です</strong>, the <strong>to be</strong> verb, is modified, as shown in the below tables.
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			<th>Positive</th>
			<th>Negative</th>
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			<td>Present</td>
			<td><ruby>〜です</ruby></td>
			<td><ruby>〜じゃ　ない　です</ruby></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Past</td>
			<td><ruby>〜でした</ruby></td>
			<td><ruby>〜じゃ　なかった　です</ruby></td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<p>
	Look at the sentences below to see these conjugations applied in sentences.
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Conjugating な-adjectives

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	彼かの女じょ　は　きれいな　女おんな　の　人ひと　でした。 kanozyo ha kireina onna no hito desita.
Meaning	She was a beautiful woman.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

to be	です desu
topic particle	は ha
pretty, beautiful; clean	きれい kirei
she	彼かの女じょ kanozyo
woman	女おんな　の　人ひと onna no hito

Japanese

kanozyo ha kireina onna no hito desita.

Breakdown of kanozyo ha kireina onna no hito desita.

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