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VTA 01 た form What did you do, mate? Plain-Past

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VTA 01 た form. What did you do, mate? Plain-Past. Index. What is た form?  How is た form useful?  た form structure list. How to make た form?  Questions. What is た form ?. What is た form ?. How is た form useful?. た form structure list. Questions. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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VTA 01

た form

What did you do, mate?Plain-Past

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Index

• What is た form? How is た form useful? た form structure list

• How to make た form?Questions

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What is た form?When you watch Japanese anime or hear young Japanese native speakers talk to their friends, you often hear something like:

テレビ、みた? Did you watch the TV ?

うん、みた。 Yep, I watched it.

These are talking about what they did (past), yet you don’t see ・・・ました as you may expect (e.g. みました for “watched”).

So, in short, verb た form is used for “Plain-Past”.

しゅくだい、した? Did you do homework?

した、した。 I did it, did it.

This is because the conversations are done in an informal context (plain), where statements tend to be shorter. This happens to verbs in past tense, too. This is called た form.

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What is た form?

meaning ました form た form

did しました したwatched みました みたwrote かきまし

たかいた

listened ききました

きいた

went いきました

いった

So why are “Plain-Past” form of verbs called た form?How shorter た form verbs become compared to ました verbs?

Obviously it’s called た form because it ends with た (just like て form). Also, た form verbs which are for plain/informal/casual are shorter than ました form verbs, which have some polite/formal nuance.

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How is た form useful?

In the next slide, there is a list of “structures” that follow/are attached to た form, giving different functions to verbs.

日本に いったことがあります。 I have been to Japan.

You can “attach” different word/s to た form verb and make use of it. For example, た form + ことがあります = “ have done it (have experience of doing it)”.

べんきょうしたり、 CD をきいたりします。 I do such things as studying and listening to music.

You can also do this.た form + り = “ do such things as …”

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た form structure listた form + function meaning

・・・ことがあります。 experience have done ・・・

・・・り、・・・りします。 listing do such things as ・・・

・・・ほうがいいです。 suggesting had better ・・・

・・・ら? suggesting why don’t you ・・・ ?

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QuestionsYou heard people converse with sentences ending in た form (e.g. みた、した、きいた ) instead of ました form. What two things can you tell about the conversation?1. its context is informal/ casual/ plain (those people are friends/ family)

2. talking about what happened in the past

Because of its function, た form is also called what form?

Plain-Past form

What’s good using た form?verbs get shorter (good for informal contexts)

Which one is verb in た form? : して  きいた  みました  おいしかった して  きいた  みました  おい

しかったて form   た form   ました form     adjective-past   

In what writing text types would た form be used often?

diary, news paper article, email/letter to friends, etc

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How do you make た form?It’s super simple once you have learnt how to make て form.

verb て form た form

します do して したみます see みて みたききます listen きいて きいたよみます read よんで よんだのみます drink のんで のんだSo it’s just a matter of changing て to た , or で to だ .

て ⇒ た

で ⇒ だSee “VTE01 TE form” for how to make て form.

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QuestionsWhat is its た form?

します したみます みた

たべます たべたわすれます

わすれたあけます あけた

きます きた

かいます かったたちます たったのります のったのみます のんだききます きいたかきます かいたはなします

はなした

いきますgo

いった