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Grammar · な-adjectives

でした, the past

The pattern

[na-adjective] deshita

Again like a noun: でした for the past, じゃなかったです for the past negative.

The mistake to avoid

This is why sorting adjectives into い and な early is worth the effort. The two groups conjugate in different directions.

Examples

Rōmaji help
benri deshita.
It was convenient.
hima ja nakatta desu.
I wasn't free.
kinō wa hima deshita.
I was free yesterday.
machi wa shizuka deshita.
The town was quiet.