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what does "kaita" mean?
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2008/6/15 11:52
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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.
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by landone334
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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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by Yahatacookie 1
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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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by meringue4
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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 ;)
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by landon33
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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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