Lesson 6
Base 2 + masen deshita
In Lesson 4 we learned that masen is used to show polite negative. To make that past tense we just add deshita. To illustrate this we will take a few of the examples shown in Lesson 5 and change them from positive past to negative past:
- John wa Sendai ni ikimasen deshita. (John didn't go to Sendai.)
- Kodomotachi wa kouen de asobimasen deshita. (The children didn't play at the park.)
- Yoshi wa ringo o tabemasen deshita. (Yoshi didn't eat an apple.)
Please note that deshita is the past tense form of desu, which will be covered next.
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