Japanese

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	To make a positive statement in the past tense, we simply use <strong>でした</strong> instead of <strong>です</strong>.
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	To make sentences that are both negative and in the past, we use <strong>じゃ　なかった　です</strong>.
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Nouns and the past tense

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

niku

Breakdown of niku

Usages of niku