Masu Form Flashcards

1
Q

What is the purpose of ます?

A

The purpose of ます is to make speech are writing formal and polite. Without ます or です conversations can sound informal or casual.

ます is always at the end of the sentence and conjugated onto a verb.

It is important to use formal speech when speaking to your boss or elderly people.

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How do you negate the ます form?

A

ます becomes ません

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3
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How do you make ます form into past tense?

A

ます becomes ました

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4
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How do you conjugate いる/える verbs?

A

Replace る with ます.

食べる【たべる】 to eat
見る【みる】to see, to look, to watch

食べる ➔ 食べます
tab<b>ERU</b> ➔ tab<b>EMASU</b>

見る ➔ 見ます
m<b>IRU</b> ➔ m<b>IMASU</b>

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How do you conjugate (あー/うー/おー)る/う verbs?

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Replace う with います.

く ➔ きます
す ➔ します
る ➔ ります

書く ➔ 書きます
話す ➔ 話し
撮る ➔ 撮ります

Irregular
する ➔ します
来る ➔ きます
帰る ➔ 帰ります
行く ➔ 行きます
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How do you make ます into past negative?

A

ます becomes ませんでした

Negate ます then attach でした.
でした is similar to ました.

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