Conjugations for nouns and な-adjectives Flashcards

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です

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Positive-non past, for nouns and な-adjectives
Formal and informal(Drop です, to be even less formal)
です can be added to any informal noun/

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2
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ではありません

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Negative non-past for nouns and な-adjectives

Formal

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3
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でした

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Positive past, use with nouns and な-adjectives

Formal

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4
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ではありませんでした

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Negative past, for nouns and な-adjectives

Formal

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5
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Positive-non past, for nouns and な-adjectives
Informal
だ can be used in formal speech when an emotion or an extreme reaction calls for it, and it’s a declarative, so you sound like you are in charge and the boss. Most of the time in speech(formal and informal) です is used instead

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6
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だった

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Positive past, use with nouns and な-adjectives

Informal

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7
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ではない/じゃない

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Negative non-past for nouns and な-adjectives
Informal
The は in “ではない” is pronounced as the kana わ

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ではかった/じゃなかった

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Negative past, for nouns and な-adjectives
Informal
The は in “ではかった” is pronounced as the kana わ

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9
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What happens is you add です to the end of informal noun and な-adjective conjugations?

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It makes them more polite

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