Lesson 15: Past Simple
English Lesson:
The past simple tense is used to talk about actions that happened in the past and are now completed. We usually form the past simple tense by adding -ed to the end of regular verbs, but there are also many irregular verbs that have different past tense forms.
Here are some examples:
- I walked to the store yesterday.
- She cooked dinner for us last night.
- They watched a movie at the theater on Friday.
- He played soccer with his friends after school.
- We studied for the exam all week.
Japanese Lesson:
過去形 (kakokei) is the past tense in Japanese. In Japanese, the past tense is often formed by adding た (ta) to the end of a verb.
- 食べた (tabeta) - ate
- 寝た (neta) - slept
- 歩いた (aruita) - walked
- 走った (hashitta) - ran
- 見た (mita) - saw
Here are some examples:
- 昨日、私はスーパーに歩いた。(Kinou, watashi wa suupaa ni aruita.) (Yesterday, I walked to the supermarket.)
- 彼女は昨晩、私たちのために夕食を作った。(Kanojo wa sakuban, watashitachi no tame ni yuushoku wo tsukutta.) (She cooked dinner for us last night.)
- 彼らは金曜日に映画館で映画を見た。(Karera wa kinyoubi ni eigakan de eiga wo mita.) (They watched a movie at the theater on Friday.)
- 彼は放課後に友達とサッカーをした。(Kare wa houkago ni tomodachi to sakkaa wo shita.) (He played soccer with his friends after school.)
- 私たちは一週間中、試験勉強をした。(Watashitachi wa isshuukan-chuu, shiken benkyou wo shita.) (We studied for the exam all week.)
Notice that in Japanese, the past tense can be formed by adding た (ta) to the end of the verb.
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