chiisakatta desu
Meaning and examples
polite past: was small
きのうの天気はとても小さかったです。
きのう の てんき は とても ちいさかった です。
kinou no tenki wa totemo chiisakatta desu.
The weather yesterday was very small.
💡 Form of 小さい (small).
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chiisakatta desu
polite past: was small
きのうの天気はとても小さかったです。
きのう の てんき は とても ちいさかった です。
kinou no tenki wa totemo chiisakatta desu.
The weather yesterday was very small.
💡 Form of 小さい (small).
takakatta desu
polite past: was expensive
ホテルの部屋はとても高かったです。
ほてる の へや は とても たかかった です。
hoteru no heya wa totemo takakatta desu.
The hotel room was very expensive.
💡 Form of 高い (expensive / tall).
Do not learn 高かったです from zero: it carries 高い inside it. Hold on to 高い = high: tall or expensive and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →yasukatta desu
polite past: was cheap
去年の夏はとても安かったです。
きょねん の なつ は とても やすかった です。
kyonen no natsu wa totemo yasukatta desu.
Last summer was very cheap.
💡 Form of 安い (cheap).
Once 安い clicks, 安かったです comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 安い = easy on the wallet.
Read the full tip →isogashikatta desu
polite past: was busy
先月の旅行はとても忙しかったです。
せんげつ の りょこう は とても いそがしかった です。
sengetsu no ryokou wa totemo isogashikatta desu.
Last month's trip was very busy.
💡 Form of 忙しい (busy).
Under the surface, 忙しかったです is still 忙しい — same image, new grammar around it: 忙しい = busy.
Read the full tip →tanoshikatta desu
polite past: was fun
きのうの天気はとても楽しかったです。
きのう の てんき は とても たのしかった です。
kinou no tenki wa totemo tanoshikatta desu.
The weather yesterday was very fun.
💡 Form of 楽しい (fun).
omoshirokatta desu
polite past: was interesting
ホテルの部屋はとても面白かったです。
ほてる の へや は とても おもしろかった です。
hoteru no heya wa totemo omoshirokatta desu.
The hotel room was very interesting.
💡 Form of 面白い (interesting).
muzukashikatta desu
polite past: was difficult
子どものときは難しかったです。
こども の とき は むずかしかった です。
kodomo no toki wa muzukashikatta desu.
When I was a child it was difficult.
💡 Form of 難しい (difficult).
yasashikatta desu
polite past: was easy
きのうはとても易しかったです。
きのう は とても やさしかった です。
kinou wa totemo yasashikatta desu.
Yesterday it was very easy.
💡 Form of 易しい (easy).
hayakatta desu
polite past: was early
きのうの天気はとても早かったです。
きのう の てんき は とても はやかった です。
kinou no tenki wa totemo hayakatta desu.
The weather yesterday was very early.
💡 Form of 早い (early).
hayakatta desu
polite past: was fast
先週のテストはとても速かったです。
せんしゅう の てすと は とても はやかった です。
senshuu no tesuto wa totemo hayakatta desu.
Last week's test was very fast.
💡 Form of 速い (fast).
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