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Originally Posted by student95
Then what's だ??
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It is a copula.
Personally I think that people would be better off thinking of だ and です as completely different things, because other than the most basic uses they aren't really interchangeable and although they can be similar they are actually quite different.
I don't understand why people are taught that they are the same thing.
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Originally Posted by student95
Since no one commented on the でした＝だった part, I assume it's correct...
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Both でした and だった express a past tense, but it does not mean that でした is equal to だった.
I'm sorry, I can't give a detailed explanation.
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Edit: All of the above has been said with the assumption that you are thinking they are completely interchangeable.
Sorry if I misunderstood.
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Originally Posted by student95
Oh, and what is おわったら?
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It is a kind of conditional form of the verb おわる
Depending on context it could translate as "If I finish..." or "When I finish..." etc.