3. Kyoo wa suzushikatta desu.
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4. Sono rajio wa yasuku arimasen deshita.
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5. Amerika no zasshi wa omoshiroku arimasen.
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6. Sono sakana wa furukatta desu.
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7. Sono kudamono wa amaku arimasen deshita.
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8. Kono kuruma wa chiisaku arimasen.
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9. Ano niku wa atarashiku arimasen deshita.
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10. Kono kooto wa atatakaku arimasen.
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Now, try composing the following sentences using the formal past negative form of the appropriate adjective:
1. It wasn’t cold yesterday. _____________________
2. The tea wasn’t hot. _____________________
3. The water wasn’t cold. _____________________
4. I wasn’t busy. _____________________
5. The TV show wasn’t interesting. _____________________
6. The sushi wasn’t good. _____________________
7. The restaurant wasn’t expensive. _____________________
8. The train wasn’t late. _____________________
9. The newspapers weren’t old. _____________________
10. The house wasn’t large. _____________________
11. The weather wasn’t bad. _____________________
12. The explanation wasn’t difficult.
13. The school wasn’t nearby. _____________________
14. The cat wasn’t small. _____________________
15. The store wasn’t inexpensive. _____________________
16. The TV wasn’t big. _____________________
17. The room wasn’t cool. _____________________
18. The bus wasn’t early. _____________________
19. The pizza wasn’t bad tasting. _____________________
20. It wasn’t fun yesterday. _____________________
The Past Negative: Plain Form
As with the other forms we have studied so far, the negative past tense has a plain form as well as a formal form. The plain form may be obtained by replacing arimasen deshita with nakatta. Therefore, the equivalent plain form of samuku arimasen deshita (it is not cold) is samuku nakatta.
Change these formal sentences to a plain form and give the English equivalent:
1. Oishiku arimasen deshita. > ____________________
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2. Ookiku arimasen deshita. > ____________________
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3. Inu wa chiisaku arimasen deshita. > ____________________
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4. Amerika no eiga wa omoshiroku arimasen deshita. > ________
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5. Tenki wa yoku arimasen deshita. >___________________
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6. Kono karee wa karaku arimasen deshita. >__________________
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7. Mondai wa muzukashiku arimasen deshita. >___________________
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8. Suupu wa atsuku arimasen deshita. > ____________________
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9. Kyoo wa suzushiku arimasen deshita. > __________________
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10. Yuubinkyoku wa tooku arimasen deshita. > ____________________
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11. Niku wa atarashiku arimasen deshita. > _________________
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12. Yasai wa yasuku arimasen deshita. > ____________________
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Try composing the following sentences using the plain form of the appropriate adjective:
1. The coffee wasn’t hot. _____________________
2. The newspaper wasn’t expensive.___________
3. The teacher wasn’t good. _____________________
4. Today wasn’t warm. _____________________
5. The dictionary wasn’t cheap. _____________________
6. The post office wasn’t far. _____________________
7. School wasn’t fun. _____________________
8. The bread wasn’t fresh. _____________________
9. The car wasn’t fast. _____________________
10. The Coke wasn’t cold. _____________________
11. The computer wasn’t old. _____________________
12. The weather wasn’t bad. _____________________
4. Zenzen, Tokidoki and Other Adverbs
Adjectives can be described by adverbs such as totemo, tokidoki and zenzen.
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