"This year was a good year."
Translation:今年はいい年でした。
June 21, 2017
9 Comments
Can someone explain me when it is pronounced as nen? and when as toshi? Thanks.
August 5, 2017
I'm pretty sure nen is used as the counter for year years eg. 三年 = san nen = 3 years, whereas toshi is referring to the year in general, if that makes sense
July 10, 2018
Can one use the "~katta" conjugation when the noun is expressed? ex: "yokatta nen desu" instead of "ii nen deshita"
October 4, 2017
V2Blast
18
No; in that case, you'd conjugate the verb/copula at the end rather than the adjective. The adjective only gets conjugated to past tense when it's not prenominal (i.e. before a noun).
February 15, 2018
I don't believe you can, but I can't really explain why. Hopefully someone else can.
October 30, 2017
V2Blast
- 18
That would change the structure of the sentence from "This year was a good year" to just "This year was good."
February 15, 2018
