Need help with tenses

[MitchellSan]

I'm trying to say "sushi was my favourite food because it was very delicious," and I'm not sure if it is すしがーばん好きだからとてもおいしかった。or if it is すしがーばん好きだっただからとてもおいしかった。
Any help would be appreciated

 

[lanthas]

You have the order reversed. In English we say "<effect> because <reason>", but in Japanese it's "<reason>から<effect>." The result is that your sentences currently say "The sushi was delicious because I loved it", which doesn't make much sense.

 

[Toritoribe]

As for the difference between the two tenses, おいしかったから is used for a specific past experience (e.g. the sushi I ate in Japan was delicious), and おいしいから is for its general taste you usually feel.

 

[MitchellSan]

Would 'すしはとてもおいしかったからたべものの中ですしがーばん好きだった' make sense (out of all the food, sushi was my favourite because it was very delicious)

 

[Toritoribe]

You don't need to repeat sushi twice.
Note that the past form 好きだった implies that you don't like it anymore.

 

[MitchellSan]

Don't I need the past form of 好き to say that I didn't like it?

 

[Toritoribe]

If you mean "I hadn't liked sushi but became to like it after eating a delicious sushi" by "I didn't like it", you need to use another expression to explain it.

 

[OoTmaster]

I knew something looked wrong. You're using the wrong thing for Ichi. 一: Ichi　ー: lengthens the sound of the sound before it.