でした
Polite, past tense marker
About
The past tense conjugation of です, でした attaches to a noun, な-adjective, or negative ます (polite) form verb. でした also indicates polite language, and nearly always comes at the end of a sentence. でした may occasionally appear in the middle of a sentence when linking two clauses.
でした can be viewed as the polite counterpart of the casual past tense marker, だった. Neither でした nor だった may be paired with い-adjectives.
でした can attach to a noun, な-adjective, or negative polite form verb
でした indicates past tense
でした indicates polite language
でした cannot directly follow an い-adjective
Summary
Explained in
elementary #3
だった・でした: Polite and Casual Past Tense
Example Sentences
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