ぎんこうごうとう を けいかくしました。
ginkougoutou o keikaku shimashita.
I planned a bank robbery.

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Read the explanation below to understand the nuance of how this grammar structure is used.

We got this thing called ‘-mashita’. It’s the polite way to say somethin’ went down. Think of it like this: your homie comes up to you and asks, “Yo, you eat that burger?” You ain’t just gon’ say “Eat.” You gon’ say, “Yeah, I ate it.” That ‘ate’ is like our ‘-mashita’. It’s how you show respect to the person you’re talkin’ to, and you let ’em know the action is a done deal. The regular form is ‘-masu’. We ain’t talkin’ about what you do. We talkin’ ’bout what you did. We add the ‘-mashita’ on the end of the verb stem, and boom, you’re talkin’ past tense, aight? It’s as simple as that.

Think of it like a rap battle. Aight? When you spit a verse, you can either say what you’re gon’ do to the other guy, or you can talk about what you already did to him. You talkin’ ’bout what you did, you use the past tense. ‘-mashita’ is like the ‘mic drop’ at the end of a verse, it lets everyone know the action is complete. Ya feel me?

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Read the table below then use it to conjugate some words you know.

Alright, listen up. Here’s how you put the verb in the past tense. This ain’t complicated, just add -mashita to the stem of the verb. Easy money.

Type	Form	Conjugation
Verb	Present Polite	V-masu いきます Ikimasu I go
Verb	Past Polite	V-mashita いきました Ikimashita I went

You see how it works? You just take the verb stem—the part before the -masu (-ます)—and you swap it out for -mashita (-ました). Like for tabemasu (たべます), which means ‘to eat,’ you just chop off that -masu and slap on -mashita to get tabemashita (たべました), which means ‘ate.’ Simple as that.

It’s like puttin’ a fresh set of rims on your ride. The car’s still the car, but now it’s got that past-tense swagger. You just change the ending, and boom, you’re talkin’ ’bout what went down.

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Listen to and repeat the sentences below.

Aight, check it. Here are some examples of the past tense in action.

おやぶん に うそ を つきました。
oyabun ni uso o tsukimashita.
I lied to the boss.

やつ を しめました。
yatsu o shimemashita.
I beat that guy up.

くみちょう から でんわ を うけました。
kumichou kara denwa o ukemashita.
I received a call from the clan boss.

さくばん、けいさつ が きたので、にげました。
sakuban, keisatsu ga kita node, nigemashita.
The police came last night, so I ran away.

おやぶん は むかし、けいむしょ に はいりました。
oyabun wa mukashi, keimusho ni hairimashita.
The boss went to jail a long time ago.

きのう、てき の くみ を おそいました。
kinou, teki no kumi o osoimashita.
I attacked the rival gang yesterday.

おやぶん に ひみつ を ぜんぶ ばらしました。
oyabun ni himitsu o zenbu barashimashita.
I revealed all the secrets to the boss.

やつ を はめました。
yatsu o hamemashita.
I framed that guy.

あの けん は もう おわりました。
ano ken wa mou owarimashita.
That matter is already over.

やつ は おやぶん に ちくりました。
yatsu wa oyabun ni chikurimashita.
That guy snitched on the boss.

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o, mad respect. You handled the explanation, the nuance, and the conjugation like a boss. I see you tightening up your flow with that shadowing, too.

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