ます (Polite Verb Endings)

Polite Verb Endings

JLPT N5
Pattern

Verb (ます-stem) + ます

How it works

ます makes a verb polite. It covers present and future: 行きます is “I go” or “I will go”. Its forms are ません (negative), ました (past) and ませんでした (past negative).

Examples

  • あした 学校に 行きます。I'll go to school tomorrow.
  • きのう えいがを 見ました。I watched a movie yesterday.

Related grammar

Further reading

Bunpro N5 · Lesson 2

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