今日もお疲れ様でした。ゆっくり休んでください。
Good job today. Please get some good rest.
Japanese
でした
でした
Meaning: was, were (past tense of です)
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Example sentences
It was a wonderful experience.
「検査の結果、体の機能はすべて正常でした。」
As a result of the test, all body functions were normal.
参加者は全体で三十人でした。
There were thirty participants in total.
江戸は、かつての日本の政治の中心地でした。
Edo was once the political center of Japan.
京都は千年以上もの間、日本の都でした。
Kyoto was the capital of Japan for over a thousand years.
アレキサンダー大王は古代ギリシャの偉大な指導者でした。
Alexander the Great was a great leader of ancient Greece.
子供と大人を合わせて、全部で50名でした。
Counting both children and adults, there were 50 people in total.
子供のころのユメはパイロットでした。
My dream when I was a child was to be a pilot.
評価は丙でした。
The evaluation was a C.
Usage Notes
Past tense of です (polite copula). Used after nouns and na-adjectives but NOT i-adjectives (which use かった). Forms: でした (affirmative past), ではありませんでした (negative past).
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