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K6 Shita is an adjectival (i.e., pre-noun) form. The adverbial form is ko shite.
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(Our activity started like this.)

[Related Expressions]
1, Kono yona and konna (the contracted form of kono yona) mean the
same as ko shita. However, ko shita and kono yona are more formal
than konna and, therefore, mostly used in written Japanese. The adver-
bial form of kono yona is kono yoni. Konna has no adverbial form.
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11. The demonstratives ko iu and ko itta also express the idea "such; like
this." However, these expressions do not have corresponding adverbial
forms like kc3 shite. (See Note.)
m. So shita 'like that' and a shita 'like that' are similar to ko shita in
meaning. However, so shita and a shita cannot be used to refer to s.0.
or s.t. from previous discourse.

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(In America, when the economy goes bad, it often happens that
big companies lay off a lot of workers. We do not seem to hear
about problems like this very often in this country.)
In general, so shita is used to refer to s.0. or s.t. mentioned by a second
person, as in [2], and a shita is used to refer to s.0. or s.t. mentioned
by a third person, as in [3].
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(In America, when the economy goes bad, it often hap-
pens that big companies lay off a lot of workers.)