JapaneseTenses
Japanese Past Negative Conjugation
Past Negative deshita / masen deshita
Forms like "de wa arimasen deshita" and "masen deshita" conjugate nouns and verbs into past negative.
To conjugate nouns or adjectives in polite past negative, we append "de wa arimasen deshita" (was not). For verbs, we change the polite polite present ending "-masu" to "-masen deshita" (did not do).
Examples
きのうはあめではありませんでした。 (Kinō wa ame de wa arimasen deshita.)
Yesterday was not rainy.
せんせいはきませんでした。 (Sensei wa kimasen deshita.)
The teacher did not come.
べんきょうしませんでした。 (Benkyō shimasen deshita.)
I did not study.
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