Bought in Japanese 🇯🇵

かった info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:

– Associate "かった" with "katana" (a Japanese sword), as if you "bought" a katana.
– Think of "ka-ching" as the sound of a cash register when you "bought" something.

Explanations:
"かった" (katta) is the past tense of the verb "かう" (kau), which means "to buy".

Other words that mean the same thing:
– お買い上げ (おかいあげ, okaige): a more formal way to say "bought" or "purchased"

Conjugations of "かう" (kau) – to buy:

1. Present Tense:
– Plain Form: かう (kau)
– Polite Form: かいます (kaimasu)

2. Past Tense:
– Plain Form: かった (katta)
– Polite Form: かいました (kaimaa)

3. Negative Form:
– Plain Form: かわない (kawanai)
– Polite Form: かいません (kaimasen)

4. Past Negative Form:
– Plain Form: かわなかった (kawanakatta)
– Polite Form: かいませんでした (kaimasen dea)

5. Present Progressive:
– Plain Form: かっている (katteiru)
– Polite Form: かっています (katteimasu)

Examples of sentences that use it:

1. 昨日、本をかった。
– Romanized: Kinou, hon o katta.
– Translation: I bought a book yesterday.

2. 彼は新しい車をかいました。
– Romanized: Kare wa atarashii kuruma o kaimaa.
– Translation: He bought a new car.

3. 私はまだその店で何もかわない。
– Romanized: Watashi wa mada sono mise de nanimo kawanai.
– Translation: I haven't bought anything from that store yet.

4. 彼女は安い服をかいませんでした。
– Romanized: Kanojo wa yasui fuku o kaimasen dea.
– Translation: She did not buy cheap clothes.

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