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~たものだ: Statements about the past

adept #152
~ 5 Minutes

Introduction

Welcome to today's quick-bite lesson about ~たものだ!

You learned all about ものだ and some of this usage already, but let's take a moment to appreciate it in all of its proper glory.


~たものだ: Back in my day...

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    Casual past form verbものだ
    Example:
    子供こどもころ、よくあのガソリンスタンドでお菓子かしったものだ
    "We would often buy snacks at that gas station when we were kids."

The ~たものだ structure combines a past casual verb (~た) with 「ものだ」, or 「もんだ」 in casual speech. This 「ものだ」 is a fairly ambiguous piece of grammar that chameleons itself into various contexts, and means something along the lines of "X is a thing that...". But I think a better way to think of 「ものだ」 is simply as an emphatic marker, that adds an emotional quality to our statement!

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