Lesson Seven (2)^^

LESSON SEVEN (2)

Doko e ikimashita ka. Where did you go?

Let’s learn past tense verbs. For things that happened in the past, we change them to the past form. A ~masu form verb becomes ~mashita. The past tense for ikimasu “go” is ikimashita.

e.g.    Kyō depāto e ikimasu. Today I go to the department store.

Kinō depāto e ikimashita. Yesterday I went to the department store.

Present tense	Past tense	English
Ikimasu	Ikimashita	Go
Kimasu	Kimashita	Come
Kaerimasu	Kaerimashita	Return
Tabemasu	Tabemashita	Eat
Nomimasu	Nomimashita	Drink
Mimasu	Mimashita	Watch
Shimasu	Shimashita	Do
Depāto		Department store
Eiga		A movie
Eigakan		A cinema
Kinō		Yesterday
Kyō		Today
Nani		What
Terebi		TV

Dialogue 1

A         : Kinō doko e ikimashita ka. Yesterday, where did you go?

B         : Ueno Kōen e ikimashita. (I) went to Ueno Park.

Dialogue 2

A         : Kinō nani o shimashita ka. Yesterday, what did you do?

B         : Eiga o mimashita. I watched a movie.

A         : Doko de mimashita ka. Where did you watch the movie?

B         : Eigakan de mimashita. (I) watched at the cinema.

Got to go now! See you soon!

Cheers!