な形容詞だった
な形容詞だった means was/were ... (na-adjective, plain past affirmative). It is a JLPT N5 grammar point. The plain past affirmative form of a na-adjective is made by adding だった to the stem. Use it to say what something or someone was like in the past in casual style.
Japanese sources describe it as 「な形容詞の普通形・過去肯定」.
な形容詞だった examples
きのうはひまだった。
I was free yesterday.
そのへやはきれいだった。
That room was clean.
な形容詞だった exercises
Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.
きのうは（ ）だった。
- ひま ✓
- ひまな
- ひまに
- ひまで
I was free yesterday.
そのへやは（ ）だった。
- きれい ✓
- きれいな
- きれいに
- きれいで
That room was clean.
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