でした — Put an identity in the past

Learn to put an identity in the past.

The rule

でした is used to put an identity in the past. Structure: N＋でした. でした is the polite past of です; it does not conjugate verbs.

昨日きのうは日曜日にちようびでした。

Yesterday was Sunday.

父ちちは先生せんせいでした。

My father was a teacher.

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