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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.
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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)
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