Meaning
Forms the plain past verb form.
Formation
- Take the て form and swap て for た, で for だ: 書いて → 書いた, 読んで → 読んだ
- Group 2: 食べます → 食べた; group 3: した, 来た (kita)
When to use it
- Core use
- Forms the plain past verb form
Example
昨日映画を見た
I watched a film yesterday.
Important notes
- Word forms and particle choice depend on the pattern's role in the sentence.
Common mistakes
- Do not reorder or reshape the highlighted parts to match English word order.