ๅ่ฉ + ใพใใ
Verb + mashita
Did (Verb)
๐ธ Polite Past Tense of Verbs ๐ธ
๐ฌ Dialogue
Kinou, nani o shimashita ka.
What did you do yesterday?
Depaato e ikimashita.
I went to the department store.
Nani o kaimashita ka.
What did you buy?
Kutsu o kaimashita. Sorekara, koohii o nomimashita.
I bought shoes. And then, I drank coffee.
Ii desu ne. Bangohan wa nani o tabemashita ka.
That's nice. What did you eat for dinner?
Sushi o tabemashita. Totemo oishikatta desu.
I ate sushi. It was very delicious.
๐ Vocabulary
5 wordsโญ Key Sentence
Verb [masu-form] + mashita
Did (Verb)
- Pattern: ใใพใใ
- Meaning: Polite past tense of a verb.
Hon o yomimashita.
I read a book.
Gakkou e ikimashita.
I went to school.
๐ Explanation
To express an action that happened in the past in a polite way, we change the verb ending from ใใใพใใ to ใใใพใใใ.
This form is used for completed actions or events that occurred in the past, such as 'yesterday' (kinou) or 'last week' (senshuu).
To ask a question about the past, simply add ใ (ka) at the end: ใใใพใใใใ.
Tabemashita
= 'Ate'
Ikimashita
= 'Went'
๐ Quiz
How do you say 'I drank coffee' in polite Japanese?