hashitta

Hashitta is the ta-form of the Japanese verb hashiru, meaning “to run.” In this form, hashitta corresponds to the past tense in plain statements, indicating that the action of running was completed. The dictionary form hashiru is a godan (u-verb) and is written with the kanji 走る; the ta-form is written as 走った and romanized as hashitta.

Morphology and conjugation: hashiru appears in the sentence base as hashiru, and to form the past tense you replace the final -ru with -tta, yielding hashitta. This form is used in affirmative, plain past statements and is appropriate in most narrative contexts. Negative or other tenses would involve additional conjugation patterns (for example, hashiranakatta for “did not run,” using the negative past form).

Usage: The hashitta form is common in everyday Japanese and in written narratives when the speaker is recounting a completed action. It is used with explicit subjects or with context that makes the subject clear, and it can appear in clauses describing sequences of events.

Examples:

- Inu wa hashitta. The dog ran.

- Watashi wa hashitta. I ran.

Notes: Hashitta is a phonologically regular ta-form for hashiru as a godan verb. While the form is straightforward in Japanese, accurate usage depends on proper particle marking and context. It is sometimes taught alongside the broader conjugation patterns of Japanese verbs and the related ta-form usages.

See also: hashiru, Japanese grammar, verb conjugation.