う-Verb (Past)

う - Verbs (Past tense)

JLPT N5

Pattern

う-verb → た-form

How it works

The plain past of う-verbs follows the same sound changes as the て-form, with た/だ: 書く→書いた, 飲む→飲んだ, 買う→買った, 話す→話した. 行く is the exception: 行った.

Examples

きのう友だちに会った。I met a friend yesterday.
手紙を書いた。I wrote a letter.

Further reading

Bunpro N5 · Lesson 4

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