| English Being Verbs: | |||
| is, am, are | was, were | ||
| is not, am not, are not | was not, were not | ||
Japanese Being Verbs/Adjectives: |
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| Polite | desu | deshita | |
| dewa arimasen | dewa arimasen deshita | ||
| Plain Form | de aru | de atta | |
| dewa nai | dewa nakatta | ||
| Base | da | datta | |
| ja nai | ja nakatta | ||
| adjective base + | i | katta | + desu (Polite) |
| kunai | kunakatta | ||
English Action Verbs: |
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| will, do | will not, do not | ||
| did | did not | ||
Japanese Action Verbs: |
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| Polite Base II + |
masu | mashita | |
| masen | masen deshita | ||
| Base | Base III | Base TA | |
| Base I + nai | Base I + nakatta | ||