...had been Decorated.

[Benvolio]

Hello. Sorry to trouble you again.
I am trying to say:
When I got home my living room had been newly decorated.
So far I have:
いえにかえったときいまは新しくの
Which I think so far means: When I got home my living room newly
I cannot find the word for 'decorated'.
Would it be the Verb to decorate: かざる but with a こと at the end?
and then I need to include the Japanese for 'had been' or 'was' ?
Thank you.
-Martin

[richvh]

家に帰ってきたとき、居間は新しく飾った。

[Benvolio]

Thank you as always. Your a star.

[keatonatron]

飾った is the normal form of the verb; you need the passive form, unless the living room is the one doing the decorating

Also, you should use the て form to show the state of being. It's really hard to make a comparison using English sentences, but it'd be similar to the difference between "When I got home, the living room was newly decorated" and "When I got home, the living room had been newly decorated".

The decorating didn't occur when you got home, it was already in the state of having occurred:

家に帰ってきたとき、居間が新しく飾られてた。