たものだ
Meanings
- to reminisce about the past
- to recall with nostalgia
- to talk about past habits or states with sentiment
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Explanation
たものだ expresses nostalgia or fond recollection about the past. It’s often used to reflect on past habits, feelings, or situations with a gentle, sentimental or dramatic tone. It can describe how things used to be, not simply a factual memory, but an emotional memory of those times. It is more literary or conversationally reflective rather than a plain statement of past habit. The verb/ adjective part is put into its past form before ものだ.
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Example sentences
When I was a child, I often used to play by the river.
Back in my youth, I would fall asleep as soon as I became sleepy.
In the old days, I used to go to the sea a lot in summer.
The days when it was quiet were something I remember fondly.
When I was a student, time seemed to pass slowly.
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