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	日に本ほん　へ　日に本ほん語ご　を　勉べん強きょうし　に　行いった。 nihon he nihongo wo benkyousi ni itta.
Meaning	I went to Japan to study Japanese.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

Japan	日に本ほん nihon
at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]	に ni
direct object particle	を wo
to go	行いく iku
to [destination particle]	へ he
Japanese (language)	日に本ほん語ご nihongo
to study	勉べん強きょうする benkyousuru

Japanese

nihon he nihongo wo benkyousi ni itta.

Breakdown of nihon he nihongo wo benkyousi ni itta.

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