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Explanatory の/ん - Past tense

Hi all,

I'm trying to explain why something happened, and the reason is that I missed the last bus.
I'm stuck with where to suggest the past tense though. All explanatory の examples I can find just now are present tense.

Is it either:

終バスに乗り遅れるんだった
終バスに乗り遅れたんだ
終バスに乗り遅れたんだった？

Thanks　:ywave: And a ’Cheers’ in advance to Sashi no doubt :mtongue:

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Originally Posted by StueyT (Post 818795)

I'm trying to explain why something happened, and the reason is that I missed the last bus.
I'm stuck with where to suggest the past tense though. All explanatory の examples I can find just now are present tense.

Is it either:

終バスに乗り遅れるんだった Very strange but grammatically not necessarily incorrect. It means that you had planned on missing the bus for some purpose.

終バスに乗り遅れたんだ Only this one is correct. It sounds even natural.

終バスに乗り遅れたんだった？ Incorrect. This one uses double-past.

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Thanks　:ywave: And a ’Cheers’ in advance to Sashi no doubt :mtongue:

I ain't got nuttin' better to do in mah life, buddy.