Japanese verbs endings …ませんでした …masen deshita …ます …masu = to do… …ません …masen = to not do… …ませんでした …masen deshita = to have not done…
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…ます …masu = to do… …ません…masen = to not do…
…ます …masu = to do… …ません…masen = to not do…
…ました…mashita = to have done… …ます …masu = to do… …ました…mashita = to have done…
okimasu おきます to wake up
nemasu ねます to sleep
ikimasu いきます to go
kaerimasu かえります to return
arukimasu あるきます to walk
hanashimasu はなします to speak / talk
…ませんでした …masen deshita = to have not done… …ます …masu = to do… …ません …masen = to not do… …ませんでした …masen deshita = to have not done…
kikimasu ききます to listen
--- o kikimasu. I listen to ---. Music o kikimasu. I listen to music.
--- o kikimasen. I don’t listen to ---. Music o kikimasen. I don’t listen to music.
yomimasu よみます to read
mimasu みます to watch
tabemasu たべます to eat
------ o verb. I verb ----. Sushi o tabemasu. I eat sushi.
--- o verb. I verb ----. Susi o tabemasen. I don’t eat sushi.
--- o verb. I --- (noun) --- (verb). --- o tabemasu. I eat cake.
nomimasu のみます to drink
--- o nomimasu. I drink ---. Coffee o nomimasu. I drink coffee.
--- o nomimasen. I don’t drink ---. Coffee o nomimasen. I don’t drink coffee.
--- o nomimasen deshita. I didn’t drink ---. Coffee o nomimasen. I don’t drink coffee. --- o nomimasu. I drink ---.
--- o nomimasu. I drink ---. Water = omizu or mizu.
WINK What I Now Know To make a verb NEGATIVE change ‘masu’ to ‘masen’. To make a verb NEGATIVE PAST TENSE change ‘masen’ to ‘masen deshita’.