5. Base 2 + mashita

Lesson 5
Base 2 + mashita

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Mashita is used to change verbs to their past polite form. Let's make some examples:

• John wa Hiroshima ni ikimashita. (John went to Hiroshima.)
• Kodomotachi wa kouen de asobimashita. (The children played at the park.)
• Yoshi wa ringo o tabemashita. (Yoshi ate an apple.)
• Shizu wa manga o kaimashita. (Shizu bought a comic book.)
• Bob wa sono eiga o mimashita. (Bob saw that movie.)

There are yodan and ichidan verbs in the examples above. Can you tell them apart?

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Word Check
kodomotachi: children
kouen: a park
asobu: to play
ringo: apple
taberu: to eat
manga: a comic book
kau: to buy
sono: that
eiga: movie
miru: to see

(Verbs are shown in their plain form.)