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To make past negative sentences, we combine both 'ja arimasen' and 'deshita' into one.

それはわたしのいぬじゃありませんでした。
Sore ha watashi no inu ja arimasen deshita.
That was not my dog.

'Ja arimasen' makes the sentences negative and adding 'deshita' puts it in the past tense. 'Deshita' will always go after the negation and both will take the place of 'desu'.

To make a more formalized sentence, just replace 'ja arimasen' with 'dewa arimasen' as you saw previously.

これはえんぴつでわありませんでした。
Kore wa enpitsu dewa arimasen deshita.
This was not a pencil.

It may seem like a long thing to say/write/read to make something as short as "was not", but don't fret! There are much shorter versions that I'll cover later on. These versions will be informal though, so do be careful when you use them. Japan is huge on formality, so when in doubt, always use the formal version!

Keep practicing using all that you have learned so far! Try using as many particles in one sentence as you can (yo, ne, no, ka, mo).

あれもわたしのじてんしゃじゃありませんでしたよ。
Are mo watashi no jitensha ja arimasen deshita yo.
That (over there) was also not my bicycle.

Description
To make past negative sentences, we combine both 'ja arimasen' and 'deshita' into one.

それはわたしのいぬじゃありませんでした。
Sore ha watashi no inu ja arimasen deshita.
That was not my dog.

'Ja arimasen' makes the sentences negative and adding 'deshita' puts it in the past tense. 'Deshita' will always go after the negation and both will take the place of 'desu'.

To make a more formalized sentence, just replace 'ja arimasen' with 'dewa arimasen' as you saw previously.

これはえんぴつでわありませんでした。
Kore wa enpitsu dewa arimasen deshita.
This was not a pencil.

It may seem like a long thing to say/write/read to make something as short as "was not", but don't fret! There are much shorter versions that I'll cover later on. These versions will be informal though, so do be careful when you use them. Japan is huge on formality, so when in doubt, always use the formal version!

Keep practicing using all that you have learned so far! Try using as many particles in one sentence as you can (yo, ne, no, ka, mo).

あれもわたしのじてんしゃじゃありませんでしたよ。
Are mo watashi no jitensha ja arimasen deshita yo.
That (over there) was also not my bicycle.