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Originally Posted by MuRaSaKiiNkI
Kyle, です is the polite form of だ, silly :P
But yeah, you're spot on.
Also, if you're interested in colloquial speech, the verbs are very easy to memorize, because they all end in with an う sound--I learned verbs this way:
行かない plain present negative
行きますpolite present positive
行く plain present positive
行けば if
行こう let's do
SO...
other verbs are like this: 見る to see 読む to read 聞く to listen/ask, etc.
also
行かなかった plain past negative (uses the あ sound)
行った (ta-form) for plain past positive
SO...
図書館へいったよ～ I went to the library.
学校へ行く？ You going to school?
飲みすがなかったね。 I didn't drink too much, right?
ソーダーを飲まないんだよ～ If course I don't drink soda.
and so on and so forth, hope that helps (and I hope that's right, I'm not perfect in colloquial speech either :P)
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Actually, your third example towards the bottom has a slight mistake. すがなかった should be す
ぎなかった.