How do I say "before" or "used to" in Japanese?


朝、作文を書いた時、疑問に思いました。

How can I say something like:

> I didn't use to like this band.
>
> Before, I didn't like this band.




Your initial Japanese sentence doesn't make sense.

Anyway, for "before" or "used too", you can use `昔【むかし】` (long ago), `昔々` (if
you really want to emphasize that it was long ago). Or you can simply say
`前（は）` or `以前（は)` for a more "recent" period of before.

> 以前はこのバンドが好きじゃなかった（けど）。

You could also use `かつて` to mean "at one time/formerly", but I'm not too
familiar with its syntax. I think like

> かつての好きじゃないバンド

