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	下へ手た heta
Meaning	bad (at), unskillful
Part of speech	na-adjective
Pronunciation

下	below; down
手	hand

You were not bad.	あなた　は　下へ手た　じゃ　なかった　です。 anata ha heta zya nakatta desu.
(I) am going to Japan, because (I) want to learn Japanese.	日に本ほん語ご　が　習ならいたい　です　から、　日に本ほん　へ　行いきます。 nihongo ga naraitai desu kara, nihon he ikimasu.
(I) am bad at playing the guitar.	ギター　を　弾ひくの　が　下へ手た　です。 gitaa wo hikuno ga heta desu.
(I)'m bad at swimming.	泳およぐの　が　下へ手た。 oyoguno ga heta.
I want to drink water. I'm not good at drinking alcohol.	お水みず　飲のみたい　です。　お酒さけ　を　飲のむの　が　下へ手た　です。 omizu nomitai desu. osake wo nomuno ga heta desu.

Japanese

heta

Breakdown of heta

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Usages of heta

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