ๅ่ฉ + ใงใใ
Noun + deshita
It was [Noun].
๐ธ Past Tense of Nouns (Polite) ๐ธ
๐ฌ Dialogue
Kinou wa ame deshita ka?
Was it raining yesterday?
Hai, kinou wa ame deshita.
Yes, it was rain yesterday.
Tanjoubi wa itsu deshita ka?
When was your birthday?
Senshuu no kinyoubi deshita.
It was last Friday.
Paatii wa tanoshikatta desu ka?
Was the party fun?
Hai, totemo nigiyaka deshita.
Yes, it was very lively.
๐ Vocabulary
5 wordsโญ Key Sentence
[Noun] deshita.
It was [Noun].
- Pattern: [ๅ่ฉ] ใงใใใ
- Meaning: Was / Were (Polite past tense of nouns)
Kinou wa hare deshita.
Yesterday was sunny.
Kinou wa yasumi deshita.
Yesterday was a holiday/day off.
๐ Explanation
To change a polite noun sentence into the past tense, you replace ใงใ (desu) with ใงใใ (deshita).
This is used to describe states, weather, or identities in the past. For example, ame desu (it is rain) becomes ame deshita (it was rain).
To ask a question in the past tense, simply add the particle ใ (ka) at the end: ใงใใใ๏ผ
Kinou wa yasumi deshita.
= 'Yesterday was a day off.'
Tanjoubi deshita ka?
= 'Was it a birthday?'
๐ Quiz
How do you say 'Yesterday was rain (it rained yesterday)' politely?