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じゃなかった

Was not (casual)

N5

じゃなかった

Was not (casual)

About

じゃない attaches to な-adjectives and nouns, and makes them negative. To turn じゃない into the past tense, conjugate the い-adjective (ない) into なかった to form じゃなかった. じゃない is a casual negator and is therefore not suitable on its own for polite or formal situations.

じゃなかった can be made more polite by adding です.

    Summary

  • b

    じゃない turns a noun or な-adjective negative.

  • b

    じゃない indicates casual speech.

  • b

    The past tense of じゃない is じゃなかった.

  • b

    じゃなかった can be made more polite by adding です.

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