Japanese Nakatta Form verb group three

Nakatta form for group three Japanese verbs are as important as group one and group two. In order to learn the nakatta form for group three firstly lets look on how to identify group three verbs.

How to identify group three verbs?

When it is possible to divide the word into two words. For example:
べんきょう + します where
べんきょう means study and します stands for to do
れんらく + します where
れんらく means contact and します stands for to do

This is the general rule for identifying group three verbs and once group three verbs are identified, it is easy to make the nakatta form from them. Just replace:

します (shimasu) with しなかった (shinakatta)

Example:
じゅんびします becomes じゅんびしなかった
けっこんします becomes けっせきしなかった

When converted to nakatta form, it means did not do something (action/verb) or did not want to do something (action/verb).
For example, じゅんびします becomes じゅんびしなかったjunbishinakatta which means: did not prepare/did not want to prepare.

Lets have a look on nakatta form for group three verbs:

Hiragana
Kanji
Meaning
Nakatta form
Reading
あくしゅします
握手します
to handshake
あくしゅしなかった
akushushinakatta
あんないします
案内します
to guide
あんないしなかった
annaishinakatta
きます
来ます
to come
こなかった
konakatta
けっこんします
結婚します
to marry
けっこんしなかった
kekkonshinakatta
けっせきします
欠席します
absence
けっせきしなかった
kessekishinakatta
けんがくします
見学します
inspection/field trip
けんがくしなかった
kengakushinakatta
さんぽします
散歩します
leisurely walk (at public area)
さんぽしなかった
sanposhinakatta
しゅっせきします
出席します
attendance
しゅっせきしなかった
shussekishinakatta
じゅんびします
準備します
to prepare
じゅんびしなかった
junbishinakatta
しんぱいします
心配します
to worry
しんぱいしなかった
shinpaishinakatta
せつめいします
説明します
to explain
せつめいしなかった
setsumeishinakatta
せんたくします
洗濯します
to wash clothes
せんたくしなかった
sentakushinakatta
でんわします
電話します
to make phone call
でんわしなかった
denwashinakatta
べんきょうします
勉強します
to study
べんきょうしなかった
benkyoushinakatta
れんらくします
連絡します
to contact
れんらくしなかった
renrakushinakatta

Note that, きます (kimasu) – 来ます is group three verb special/exception, therefore its nakatta form is different e.g. こなかった(konakatta) from other regular group three verbs. Hope this list is helpful enough for you to learn nakatta form for Japanese group three verbs. Make sure you remember the rule for this group, so that you can use it in various grammatical expressions correctly.

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