JapanLingo

貧しかったですまずしかったです

mazushikattadesu

polite past: was poor

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Example sentences

Example 1

nareru made wa mazushikattadesu.

Until I got used to it, it was poor.

Example 2

saisho wa totemo mazushikattadesu.

At first it was very poor.

Usage note

Form of 貧しい (poor).