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Vません ‐Verb+ません(masen)‐ 【Japanese grammar commentary】  

2022年10月1日土曜日

Elementary grammar N5

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Vません   Verb+ません(masen) 

 ※V=Verb

We have studied how "Verb+ます" is used in sentences describing an action to be performed in the future and in sentences describing a present habit or a present state.


We are going to study about "Verb+ません(masen)" today.

"Vません(masen)" is negative form of "Vます(masu)" .

 

e.g. あした うみへ いきます。  (Vます)

       Ashita umi e ikimau.

       I will go to the beach tomorrow.

e.g. あした うみへ いきません。 (Vません)

   Ashita umi e ikimasen.

       I will not go to the beach tomorrow.


e.g. 10じから 3じまで にほんごを べんきょうします。 (Vます)

      10ji kara 3ji made nihongo o benkyō shimasu.

     I am going to study Japanese from 10 to 3 o’clock.

e.g. 10じから 3じまで にほんごを べんきょうしません。 (Vません)

      10ji kara 3ji made nihongo o benkyō shimasen.

     I am not going to study Japanese from 10 to 3 o’clock.  


e.g. まいにち ぎゅうにゅうを のみます。(Vます)

   Mainichi gyūnyū o nomimasu.

       I drink some milk everyday.

e.g. わたしは ぎゅうにゅうを のみません。 (Vません)

   Watashi wa gyūnyū o nomimasen.

       I don’t drink some milk.


 e.g. よく としょかんへ いきます。 (Vます)

    Yoku toshokan e ikimasu.

         I often go to a library.

e.g. あまり としょかんへ いきません。  (Vません)

   Amari toshokan e ikimasen.

         I don’t go to a library very often.


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