Japanese

<p>
	The plain form of the past tense is called the <strong>た-form</strong>.
	To convert a verb to the <strong>た-form</strong> is the identical procedure you learned for the <strong>て-form</strong>,
	except that instead of using <strong>て/で</strong> as the final syllable, you use <strong>た/だ</strong>.
</p>

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<p>
	To make a plain negative past sentence take the present tense negative and replace the <strong>ない</strong> ending with <strong>なかった</strong>.
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The Plain Form IV: 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

Word	すみません　が、　答こたえ　を　知しらなかった。 sumimasen ga, kotae wo siranakatta.
Meaning	I am sorry (but), I didn't know the answer.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

direct object particle	を wo
I'm sorry; pardon me; thank you	すみません sumimasen
to know	知しる siru
answer	答こたえ kotae
but	が ga

Japanese

sumimasen ga, kotae wo siranakatta.

Breakdown of sumimasen ga, kotae wo siranakatta.

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