Learn how to conjugate formal Japanese verbs to make polite sentences
Get a breakdown of the dialogue and translations instantly with the Premium line-by-line Audio. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Get this lesson’s key vocab, their translations and pronunciations. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Unlock Lesson Notes and Transcripts for every single lesson. Sign Up for a Free Lifetime Account and Get 7 Days of Premium Access.
| Welcome to learn Japanese grammar absolute beginner. In this video series, you learn basic Japanese grammar patterns and phrases through easy to follow audio and visual cues. Here is what we will cover in this lesson. |
| Ready? |
| Let’s get started. |
| 会いません (aimasen) |
| Peter: Making a formal negative is very simple. |
| Naomi: Replace ます (masu) with ません (masen) |
| Peter: So |
| Naomi: 飲みます (nomi masu) |
| Peter: To drink becomes |
| Naomi: 飲みません (nomimasen) |
| Peter: Don’t drink, won’t drink. |
| Naomi: 行きます (iki masu) |
| Peter: To go |
| Naomi: Becomes 行きません (ikimasen) |
| Peter: Don’t go, won’t go. |
| Naomi: あいません (aimasen) |
| Naomi: あいました (aimashita) |
| Peter: To make the formal past tense of a verb, change ます (masu) to ました (mashita) |
| Naomi: To do is します (shi masu) |
| Peter: Drop masu |
| Naomi: し (shi) |
| Peter: And add ました (mashita) |
| Naomi: しました (shimashita) |
| Peter: Did |
| Naomi: So します (shimasu) becomes しました (shimashita) |
| Peter: Naomi-sensei, another example? |
| Naomi: 食べます (tabemasu) |
| Peter: To eat. To form the past tense, replace masu with ました (mashita) . So |
| Naomi: 食べました (tabemashita) |
| Peter: Ate. |
| Naomi: So |
| あいます (aimasu) |
| Peter: To meet |
| Naomi: Becomes |
| あいました (aimashita) |
| Peter: Met. |
| Naomi: 来ます (kimasu) |
| Peter: To come |
| Naomi: Becomes 来ました (kimashita) |
| Peter: Came. |
| Naomi: あいました (aimashita) |
| Naomi: あいませんでした (aimasen deshita) |
| Peter: Let’s take a look at the formal past negative form of a verb. Something like I did not eat or I did not do it. To form the past negative, change ます(masu) to ませんでした (masen deshita) . So to do in the masu-form is |
| Naomi: します (shimasu) |
| Peter: To get the past negative, drop masu |
| Naomi: し (shi) |
| Peter: Add ませんでした (masen deshita) |
| Naomi: しませんでした (shimasen deshita) |
| Peter: Didn’t do. Okay how about to eat in the masu form? |
| Naomi: 食べます (tabemasu) |
| Peter: Replace masu with ませんでした (masen deshita) |
| Naomi: 食べませんでした (tabemasen deshita) |
| Peter: Didn’t eat. |
| Naomi: So あいます (aimasu) |
| Peter: To meet |
| Naomi: Becomes あいませんでした (aimasen deshita) |
| Peter: Didn’t meet. |
| Naomi: 来ます (ki masu) |
| Peter: To come |
| Naomi: Becomes 来ませんでした (kimasen deshita) |
| Peter: Didn’t come. |
| Naomi: あいませんでした (aimasen deshita) |
| Want more Japanese lessons like this one? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com to get your free lifetime account today. Join now at JapanesePod101.com |
Comments
Hide