Saturday 22 May 2010

Every Day Saturday #3 Yokatta & Yatta

YOKATTA.
よかった - Yokatta. Comes from the adjective  良い - Yoi Which means 'good.' It is this adjective's past conjugation.  良かった。In other words it literally means 'was good'
However in Japanese it is often used to mean something like 'I am so glad' and is also normally written in Hiragana.

東京はとてもよかったです。 - とうきょうはとてもです。 - Toukyou wa totemo yokatta desu.  - Tokyo was great.

よかったですね。 - Yokatta desu ne. I am glad.

YATTA!
やった - Yatta Is actually the shorten form of the word  やりました - Yarimashita, Which translates to ”(I / We) did it." But can also have meanings of "okay!", "ready" "it's done", or "alright"

わたしは勝つです、やった! - わたしはかつです、やった! - Watashi wa katsu desu, yatta! - I won, hooray!

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