Learn Japanese - The Complete Video Series (presented by becauseofdreams) - 「Learn Japanese」 Conjugations of Desu (です)

「Learn Japanese」 Conjugations of Desu (です) The です that concludes a sentence is a construct that we ignored for the most part in the beginning, but it actually represents many nuances, such as tense, and furthermore, has just as many tense-conjugations as regular verbs do. Polite Form: Affirmative Non-past –です Affirmative Past –でした Negative Non-past –じゃないです or (では/じゃ)ありません Negative Past –じゃなかったです or (では/じゃ)ありませんでした Plain Form: Affirmative Non-past – だ Affirmative Past –だった Negative Non-past –じゃない Negative Past –じゃなかった ✧¸¸.•*¨*• •*¨*•.¸¸✧ Support Learning Japanese on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/learningjapanese This video series is presented by becauseofdreams. http://becauseofdreams.com/ For the sub-domain dedicated to the Japanese grammar patterns covered in this video series and other aspects of learning the Japanese language and culture, visit http://learnjapanese.becauseofdreams.com All media presented in this video is created and owned by becauseofdreams or is used with complete permissions. ✧¸¸.•*¨*• •*¨*•.¸¸✧ Edit(s): *Please do leave a comment below if you notice any potential errors so I can include a notification about it! Also, please enable replies for your comments if you would like an actual response. *For the first set of three examples, the second, 私は悲しいでした should instead be 私は悲しかったです. While you may hear or see the latter used in special cases, it is for the most part grammatically incorrect.