verbs ending in "TA" instead of "SHITA" are in the plain past tense. The former is informal and commonly used between friends etc, whereas the latter is more polite. Hope this answers your question!
@waterclock001 the (tsu) just give the next letter a slight pause, for example. ikkimasu, ~don't have the japanese typing thing but here goes in romaji...~ so basicly it's spelled. i *tsu* ki - ma - su. Not sure if you understand but hey, :P i atleast responded. :D
I have seen a video where a women said " when you have a sentence, and you will do the sentence in past tense then you must do a 'shita' behind the word. "
When i will say " I ate an apple " I would say = Ringo wo tabemashita
But why is in your video " tabeta " ? can i also say " Ringo wo tabeta " ?
No its not. If it is a small つ it means 'sudden stop' after the hiragana it follows, hence the pronunciation of the native speaker in this video. So small つ is mostly there for pronunciation wise.
@priestvanglak san
thanks for the answer :)
55YoyoMr 4 months ago
@MrGoldnSilver
verbs ending in "TA" instead of "SHITA" are in the plain past tense. The former is informal and commonly used between friends etc, whereas the latter is more polite. Hope this answers your question!
picarochi 5 months ago
@waterclock001 the (tsu) just give the next letter a slight pause, for example. ikkimasu, ~don't have the japanese typing thing but here goes in romaji...~ so basicly it's spelled. i *tsu* ki - ma - su. Not sure if you understand but hey, :P i atleast responded. :D
Tuna0dude 7 months ago
@MrGoldnSilver
Ringo o tabemashita is more polite than ringo o tabeta
bernidamm 9 months ago
I have got a question.
I have seen a video where a women said " when you have a sentence, and you will do the sentence in past tense then you must do a 'shita' behind the word. "
When i will say " I ate an apple " I would say = Ringo wo tabemashita
But why is in your video " tabeta " ? can i also say " Ringo wo tabeta " ?
MrGoldnSilver 10 months ago
@jaymirio さん
No its not. If it is a small つ it means 'sudden stop' after the hiragana it follows, hence the pronunciation of the native speaker in this video. So small つ is mostly there for pronunciation wise.
NuttyErika 1 year ago
@techomatic2000 So it's a Chiisai tsu?
benitofinito 1 year ago
つ makes two t's in まつた so it is matta not maata
techomatic2000 1 year ago
@Misfit0v3rLoad it's more formal to use mashita form. ta is more casual. remember japanese have different levels of politeness.
priestvanglak 1 year ago
@waterclock001
the つ in かつた makes the か longer instead of ka, it bekomes like kaa.
jaymirio 1 year ago