Can you link adjectives in past tense?


I know you can link adjectives in Japanese this way: using **-KUTE** for -I
adjectives, and **DE** for -Na adjectives. For example:

Kirei(na) + Wakai + Yasashii + Onna --> " _Kirei **de** , waka **kute** ,
yasashii onna_ (a beautiful, young and gentle woman)". きれいで、若くて、優しい女

I also know you can link adjectives in negative form this way: **-KUNAKUTE**
for -I adjectives, **-DEHANAKUTE** / **-JANAKUTE** for -Na adjectives:

Kirei dehanai + Wakakunai + Yasashikunai + Onna --> " _Kirei dehana **kute** ,
wakakuna **kute** , yasashikunai onna_ (a woman who is not beautiful, young or
gentle)". きれいではなくて、若くなくて、優しくない女

But, the question is, can you apply this to link past form adjectives ( _Kirei
datta, Wakakatta, Yasashikatta..._ )? Is this possible in Japanese? How would
you say " _I miss a women that was beautiful and gentle_ ", or something like
this.




When you want to simply join two adjectives using the te-form or the
continuative form, conjugate the last adjective into the past tense, and
that's enough.

  * それは赤くて大きかった。  
それは赤く大きかった。  
It was red and big.

  * それは大きくて赤かった。  
それは大きく赤かった。  
It was big and red.

  * 彼は健康で美しかった。  
He was healthy and beautiful.

  * 彼は美しくて健康だった。  
彼は美しく健康だった。  
He was beautiful and healthy.

This is the same as when you join two verbs to describe two past events (e.g.,
朝食を食べて歯を磨いた).

In rare cases, you can use the ta-form like the following:

  * 若かった美しい女性  
a beautiful woman who was (once) young  
(若かった is modifying the noun phrase 美しい女性)

