GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5

Guided Japanese Course

A mastery path for complete beginners and technology professionals.

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11 tracks

TRACK 3 · 3-5

Adjective Past Tense

Describe what things were and were not like using past forms for both adjective classes.

25 min
Before you begin
  • Present positive/negative adjective forms.
Why this matters

Retrospectives and incident reviews compare before/after state: the build was slow, the meeting was difficult, the old tool was not convenient.

1. Past transformations follow the adjective class

い-adjective past positive: final い→かったです. Past negative: くなかったです. な-adjective past positive: でした. Past negative: ではありませんでした.

Past adjective matrix
い + past速かったですwas fast
い − past速くなかったですwas not fast
な + past便利でしたwas convenient
な − past便利ではありませんでしたwas not convenient