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nakatta

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Editorial note

Polite is "suki de wa arimasen deshita" (but again, the easy way is "suki de wa nakatta desu").

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Quick take

Polite is "suki de wa arimasen deshita" (but again, the easy way is "suki de wa nakatta desu").

Example sentences

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Polite is "suki de wa arimasen deshita" (but again, the easy way is "suki de wa nakatta desu").

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Past tense negation is "suki de wa nakatta".

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In "tanoshikunakatta", it's really combining 2 verbs and conjugating the last one (as per the rules" -- "tanoshiku nakatta").

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With "na" adjectives -- "suki de wa nakatta", we've conjugated the only verb.

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Again to make it polite you can say "suki de wa arimasen deshita" (or "suki de wa nakatta desu" if you want to sound like an uneducated bumpkin like me).

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If you want to make it polite, the polite past tense of "nai" is "arimasen deshita" (but you can get away with "nakatta desu" in virtually every situation).

Quote examples

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Polite is "suki de wa arimasen deshita" (but again, the easy way is "suki de wa nakatta desu").

2

Past tense negation is "suki de wa nakatta".

3

In "tanoshikunakatta", it's really combining 2 verbs and conjugating the last one (as per the rules" -- "tanoshiku nakatta").

4

With "na" adjectives -- "suki de wa nakatta", we've conjugated the only verb.

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How do you use nakatta in a sentence?

Polite is "suki de wa arimasen deshita" (but again, the easy way is "suki de wa nakatta desu").