Noun Sentences in the Past

Describe what something or someone was using でした and ではありませんでした.

Form past affirmative noun sentences with でした.Form past negative noun sentences with ではありませんでした.Read and produce short descriptions about past identity, jobs, places, and weather labels.

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Past Noun Sentences

Use noun + でした to say what something was. This pattern works with identities, roles, nationalities, places, and classifications.

昨日は休みでした。

Yesterday was a day off.

田中さんは学生でした。

Tanaka was a student.

あの建物は図書館でした。

That building was a library.

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