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Past Casual
1. Casual, past positive form of A
 まで     
I walked to the station.
2. Casual, past negative form of A
             
I didn't go to the party.
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Level: 113
Is った (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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14 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
You're right! I've added a note for いく with the positive form.
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Excuse me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't the Ichidan Conjugation Steps in the Casual, Past Negative section also have the step 2 " Add なかった to make the negative form.", or are we supposed to just infer that the step two from both the Godan and the Ichidan are the same? I think it'd probably be more clear if something was added there, for a second I was really confused as to how just removing the 'ru' ending would result in it becoming a negative, until I checked out the example and realised it was the same as with step 2 of the godan.

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7 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262

Good observation - it could be vague to some people. I went ahead and put it on both so it is clearer. Thanks!

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SirEdgar
Level: 1266

I fear now you will need to add it to the special cases as well, or else someone might believe くる just becomes こ, instead of こなかった ;)

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マイコー
Level: 262

Ah yes, of course. Thanks!

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Karlla
Level: 892
This only covers verbs, but adjectives also have a past tense form. Shoulnd't they be listed here, too? Or can I find them elsewhere?
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5 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
Adjectives don't really have a home yet in the grammar library. They need one, though! I'll add it to the to-do list.
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マイコー
Level: 262
@Karlla - I added the adjective information here - does the format/level of information seem good to you?
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Karlla
Level: 892
Nice. I like how the adjectives are separated from the verbs.
The format is the same as for the verbs, so I guess, it's fine the way it is. The information is sufficient.
The negative past is still missing, thought.^^

Now, the next thing is purely personal preference.
a) I find the dotted outlines distracting and would prefer to have them removed.
b) There's already a lot of text up there. Is it really necessary to have 2 steps for the change of ending? With the arrows and the green highlighters, isn't one line ( e.g. かく -> かか -> かかなかった ) enough?
Just my impression. This is very basic grammar, so I don't really look at the explanation anyway.
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マイコー
Level: 262
Thanks for the feedback! I didn't put negative up yet because I wanted to hear what you thought first. I'll start spreading it out to the other conjugations!
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Level: 262
Fixed, thanks!
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