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た
　
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なかった
　
(Past Casual)

Quick Info
1. Casual, past positive form of A
2. Casual, past negative form of A

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Kori, 多美子
Meaning
Casual, past positive form of A
JLPT level: N5 | Other grammar in 'Verb Suffixes':
Politeness: not marked (suggest) | Related meaning(s): none (add related)

How to Use
Examples (0)
User sentences (51)
1. Determine if it's a godan or ichidan verb
How do I determine the type of the verb?
2. Conjugating the verbs
Godan verbs
1. Remove the last character of the verb (dictionary form).
2. Add to the end of the verb, based on what you just removed:
If the dictionary form
of the verb ends in..		 add this!
く いた
す した
る, う, or つ った
ぬ, む, or ぶ んだ
ぐ いだ
Ichidan verbs
1. Remove the る from the end of the verb.
2. Add た to the end of the verb.

Special cases (ahh!!!!)
1a. する (to do) is changed to した.
1b. くる (to come) is changed to きた.
1c. いく (to go) is changed to いった
2. Nothing is added: した, きた, and いった are the past, casual forms.


Conjugation examples
Let's conjugate the godan verb 書く/かく (to write):
Examples
Before we start: かく
1. かく -> か
2. か -> かいた (wrote)

Now let's conjugate the verb 食べる/たべる (to eat), which is an ichidan verb:
Examples
Before we start: たべる
1. たべる -> たべ
2. たべ -> たべた (ate)

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Meaning
Casual, past negative form of A
JLPT level: N5 | Other grammar in 'Verb Suffixes':
Politeness: casual | Related meaning(s): none (add related)

How to Use
Examples (0)
User sentences (51)
1. Determine if it's a godan or ichidan verb
How do I determine the type of the verb?
2. Conjugating the verbs
Godan verbs
1. Change the last character from it's 'u' form to the 'a' form.
(it's easier to see these forms if the characters are also written in romaji.)
む (mu) => ま (ma)
す (su) => さ (sa)
う (u) => わ (wa)
ぬ (nu) => な (na)
つ (tsu) => た (ta)
ぶ (bu) => ば (ba)
く (ku) => か (ka)
ぐ (gu) => が (ga)
る (ru) => ら (ra)
Ichidan verbs
1. Remove the る from the end of the verb.

Special cases (ahh!!!!)
1a. する (to do) is changed to し.
1b. くる (to come) is changed to こ.


2. Add なかった to make the negative form.
Conjugation examples
Let's conjugate the godan verb 書く/かく (to write):
Examples
Before we start: かく
1. かく -> かか
2. かか -> かかなかった (didn't write)

Now let's conjugate the verb 食べる/たべる (to eat), which is an ichidan verb:
Examples
Before we start: たべる
1. たべる -> たべ
2. たべ -> たべなかった (didn't eat)

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Discussion about this grammar

多美子
Years studied: 3 | Studying: 色々

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Is 行った (行く) an "irregular form" or "special case" for the casual past positive? It's on the て grammar page as "irregular," but not here ...
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You're right! I've added a note for いく with the positive form.
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