[LearnAmazingJapanese]

When I first started studying Japanese (1986...probably before most of you were born), my teacher taught us this song:

To the tune of Silver Bells (the first verse, not the chorus):

U tsu ru tte
Bu mu nu nde
Ku ite, su shite
Gu ide are the te and ta bases

U tsu ru tta
Bu mu nu nda
Ku ita, su shita
Gu ida are the te and ta bases

So...the te and ta forms for verbs ending in u, tsu, ru = tte/ tta
verbs ending in bu, mu, nu = nde/ nda
verbs ending in gu = ide/ ida

Man, I'm old.

Sore ja.