Structure
Noun + だった
[な]Adjective + だった
Details
Part of Speech
Auxiliary Verb
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Standard
品詞
助動詞
使用域
一般
About だった・でした
In order to say that something 'was' a certain way in Japanese, you will need to use だった (casual) or でした (polite) attached to the end of a noun or な-Adjective. This is simply a combination of two auxiliary verbs, だ (or です when polite) with た. For だった, we will need to add った to the base form of だ. For です, す will change to し before adding た.
Caution
The past form of い-Adjectives cannot be linked with だった or でした, as they have their own set of conjugation rules.
Synonyms
Examples
綺麗 だった。
It was beautiful.
トムだった。
It was Tom.
私の車の色はピンクでした。
My car was pink.
それは、昨日でした。
That was yesterday.
猫が大好きだった。
I really liked cats. (Cats were loved by me)
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みんなの日本語 I
Page 128 [CH 20]
Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide
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