Met in Japanese 🇯🇵

あった info.

– Tips to remember the Japanese word:
To remember "あった" (atta), think of the English word "at" (like meeting someone "at" a place) and just repeat it twice. "At-ta" helps you recall the past tense of "to meet" or "to have met."

– Explanations:
"あった" is the past tense form of the verb "ある" (aru), which means "to be" or "to exist" for inanimate objects, or "to meet" when used in the context of encounters. It indicates that something happened or existed in the past.

– Other words that mean the same thing:
遇った (atta) — met (past tense form of 遇う)
会った (atta) — met (past tense form of 会う)

– Conjugations:
Since "あった" is already past tense, here's the verb in different tenses:

– Plain form (dictionary form): ある (aru)
– Present Affirmative: ある (aru)
– Present Negative: ない (nai)
– Past Affirmative: あった (atta)
– Past Negative: なかった (nakatta)
– Future Affirmative: ある (aru) *same as present tense, context-dependent*
– Future Negative: ない (nai) *same as present tense, context-dependent*

– Examples of sentences that use it:
– 昨日、友達にあった。 (Kinou, tomodachi ni atta.)
– Translation: I met a friend yesterday.

– 彼の財布がどこにあったか分かる？ (Kare no saifu ga doko ni atta ka wakaru?)
– Translation: Do you know where his wallet was?

– 公園で昔の先生にあった。 (Kōen de mukashi no sensei ni atta.)
– Translation: I met an old teacher in the park.

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