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what does "kaita" mean? 2008/6/15 11:52
a phrase in one of my books says "watashi no kaita sakubun o yon-dekudasia"

I know what all the other words are but, I found nothing in the dictionary about what "kaita" means.
by landone334  

Kaita 2008/6/15 20:46
Dear landone334,

My Japanese wife has just told me that Kaita means wrote.

The translation is: "Please read the essay that I wrote."

Kaku = write
Kaita = wrote

Yahatacookie
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. 2008/6/16 02:13
Many verbs whose dictionary form ends with -ku becomes -ita in their past tense. Similarly, -gu becomes -ida.

kaku : kaita (wrote, drew)
oku : oita (put)
isogu : isoida (hurried)
kasegu : kaseida (earned)

iku : itta (went) is an exception.
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Also 2008/6/16 11:11
Thank you thank you! Arigato Gozaimasu!

BTW, I need one more small translation:

doa ga shimarutoki, ookina otoga shimasu.

I'm not sure what ookina means. I'm thinking its just a different form of ookii, but I'm not sure how that works.

I'm just a 1st year student at this so, keep it simple please ;)
by landon33 rate this post as useful

. 2008/6/16 14:31
Simply put, ookina is same as ookii, but used only to modify a noun.

Historically, both ookina and ookii are derived from the older form ookinari (ohokinari), but ookii is newer.
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