Example sentences
Formation
| (i) {Vinformal/Vますたい} | ものだ | |
| 話すものだ | Someone should talk | |
| 話したものだ | Someone used to talk | |
| 話したいものだ | Someone would like to talk | |
| (ii) {Adjective い/な} informal | ものだ | |
| 高いもの | ‘cause something is expensive | |
| 高かったもの | ‘cause something was expensive | |
| 高かったものだ | Something used to be expensive | |
| 静かだもの | ‘cause something is quiet | |
| 静かだったもの | ‘cause something was quiet | |
| 静かだったものだ | Something used to be quiet |
