Today I am going to share the homework correction quoted from my JLPT course!
The student’s sentence is not correct. Can you find the mistake?

 

[Student’s sentence]

きのう、雨がふって寒いでした。

*きのう、あめがふってさむいでした。

 

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[My correction]

きのう、雨がふって寒いでした。
→きのう、雨がふって寒かったです。
It rained and was cold yesterday.

寒い is an i-adjective. When we conjugate it to the past-tense polite-style, it should be 寒かったです, but not 寒いでした.

寒い i-adjective
寒｜いです non-past, polite
寒｜かったです past, polite

〜でした is used for na-adjectives and nouns past-tense polite-style.
e.g. 先生(せんせい noun)でした, 親切(しんせつ na-adj)でした

e.g.
東京(とうきょう)の夏(なつ)は、暑(あつ)かったです。
Summer in Tokyo was hot.

レストランのワインは高(たか)かったです。
The wine at the restaurant was expensive.

コンサートは楽(たの)しかったです。
The concert was fun.

 

 

I hope my explanation helps you. 😊

 

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