Japanese Unit 6 Lesson 1

kodomo tachi wa kooen ni imasu: The children are in the park.
otokonoko wa hikooki no naka ni imasu: The boy is in the plane.
inu wa furisubii o kuchi ni kuwaete imasu: The dog is holding the frisbee in its mouth.
kappu wa ippai desu: The cup is full.


kooen ni ita kodomo tachi desu: The children that were in the park
otokonoko wa hikooki no naka ni imashita: The boy was in the plane.
inu wa furisubii o kuchi ni kuwaete imashita: The dog had the frisbee in his mouth.
kappu wa ippai deshita: The cup was full.

otokonoko no kuchi wa aite imasu: The boy's mouth is open.
kodomo tachi wa teeburu no ue ni imasu: The children are on the table.
otokonoko no kuchi wa aite imashita: The boy's mouth was open.
kodomo tachi wa teeburu no ue ni imashita: The children were on the table.

onnanohito wa hako o motte imasu: The woman is holding the box.
hako o motte ita onnanohito desu: The woman that was holding the box.
onnanoko tachi wa roopu o motte imasu: The girls are holding the rope.
roopu o motte ita onnanoko tachi desu: The girls that were holding the rope.

otokonohito wa booshi o kabutte imasu: The man is wearing a hat.
booshi o kabutte ita otokonohito desu: The man that was wearing the hat.
aoi fucku no otokonoko ga kumade o te ni motte imasu: The boy in the blue clothes is holding a rake in his hand.
aoi fuku no otokonoko ga kumade o te ni motte imashita: The boy in the blue clothes was holding the rake.

[note: I can't figure out what verb "dete" is, or what it means in these sentences. For now I used the word "participate" since it fits everything thus far. I really have no idea what it is though.]
kono hito tachi wa jitensha reesu ni dete imasu: These people are participating in a bike race.
kono hito tachi wa jitensha reesu ni dete imashita: These people have participated in a race.
kono otokonohito wa jitensha reesu ni dete imasu: This man is participating in a bike race.
kono otokonohito wa jitensha reesu ni dete imashita: This man participated in a race.

otokonoko wa teeburu no ue ni imasu: The boy is on the table.
otokonoko wa teeburu no ue ni imashita: The boy was on the table.
onnanohito wa nooto o motte imasu: The woman is holding a notebook.
onnanohito wa nooto o motte imashita: The woman was holding a notebook.

[Note: In the following, "tokoro" is used as a "place".]
kono hito wa mizu no naka ni imasu: This person is in the water.
kono hito wa mizu no naka ni imashita: This person was in the water.
otokonoko wa kabe no tokoro ni imasu. kabe o nobotte imasu: The boy is on the wall. He is climbing the wall.
otokonoko wa kabe no tokoro ni imashita. kabe kara ochita tokoro desu: The boy was on the wall. He fell from that spot.

kono hito tachi wa pareedo ni dete imasu: These people are participating in a parade.
kono hito tachi wa pareedo ni dete imashita: These people were in a parade.
otokonohito wa torakku no naka ni imasu: The man is in the truck.
otokonohito wa torakku no naka ni imashita: The man was in the truck.

otokonoko wa naka ni imasu: The boy is inside.
otokonoko wa naka ni imashita. ima soto ni imasu: The boy was inside. Now he is outside.
piero wa booshi o kabutte imasu: The clown is wearing a hat.
piero wa booshi o kabutte imashita: The clown was wearing a hat.


I may have gotten some things wrong... only time will tell.