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zebatov
11/22/19 10:58:08 PM
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I washed my hands. versus My hands are (now/currently) washed.

What is the difference in tense here? What are they both called? Past-present?

Maybe a bad example of what Im asking but I have another if necessary.

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JOExHIGASHI
11/22/19 11:15:05 PM
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past participle?
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Mead
11/22/19 11:15:24 PM
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One is male and one is female
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zebatov
11/22/19 11:15:30 PM
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JOExHIGASHI posted...
past participle?
I was thinking that but wasnt sure.

Google gave the example looked in Have you looked? But that still sounds more past-tense to me than are washed.

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Sarcasthma
11/22/19 11:30:07 PM
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JOExHIGASHI posted...
past participle?
Or since you're studying Japanese.

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Sarcasthma
11/22/19 11:31:14 PM
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zebatov posted...
I was thinking that but wasnt sure.

Google gave the example looked in Have you looked? But that still sounds more past-tense to me than are washed.
For ~ed verbs, the past tense is the same as the past participle.

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zebatov
11/22/19 11:39:34 PM
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Sarcasthma posted...
For ~ed verbs, the past tense is the same as the past participle.
Knowing this stuff would make it a lot easier to learn other languages. Thankfully Japanese is rigid and still somewhat translates directly over.

What about I am (currently) honoured.? Not I was honoured with...

If speaking in Japanese terms I would assume the latter would be -shita and the former would be something else?

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Sarcasthma
11/23/19 12:02:14 AM
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zebatov posted...
Knowing this stuff would make it a lot easier to learn other languages. Thankfully Japanese is rigid and still somewhat translates directly over.

What about I am (currently) honoured.? Not I was honoured with...

If speaking in Japanese terms I would assume the latter would be -shita and the former would be something else?
~shita is just past tense (with verbs that end in suru). For the past participle, you'd use ~sareta. For other verbs, you'd switch the "u" to an "a" and add "reta". For example, "kaku" for "to write" would be "kakareta" for "was written".

That whole "was honored with" is completely different from the past participle form, by the way.

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dainkinkaide
11/23/19 12:19:11 AM
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In the second example (i.e. "My hands are washed"), "washed" is actually functioning (mostly) as an adjective, not a verb. In that specific case, it's a predicative adjective.
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JOExHIGASHI
11/23/19 12:19:41 AM
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Sarcasthma posted...
JOExHIGASHI posted...
past participle?
Or since you're studying Japanese.

I never studied japanese before
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Sarcasthma
11/23/19 12:48:02 AM
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JOExHIGASHI posted...
I never studied japanese before
That was for TC.

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zebatov
11/23/19 1:35:24 AM
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Sarcasthma posted...
~shita is just past tense (with verbs that end in suru). For the past participle, you'd use ~sareta. For other verbs, you'd switch the "u" to an "a" and add "reta". For example, "kaku" for "to write" would be "kakareta" for "was written".

That whole "was honored with" is completely different from the past participle form, by the way.
This is what Im asking basically.

I was sauced last night. versus Im sauced. And I was asking for the English version originally.

dainkinkaide posted...
In the second example (i.e. "My hands are washed"), "washed" is actually functioning (mostly) as an adjective, not a verb. In that specific case, it's a predicative adjective.
Ooh! True? Thank you!

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