Learn Japanese From Scratch

ます : No meaning

Note : It is used to indicate the present tense politely.

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Japan is a polite country and Japanese people show an attitude of courtesy to others in various ways including bowing. They even change a verb at the end of a sentence into stem form + ます to be respectful when speaking or writing. For example, eat is たべる if you look up in a dictionary, but you must say たべます to show your respect to people you are talking or writing to.

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Task 1 : Answer the stem form of the verbs below.

• 食（た）べる
• 見（み）る
• 行（い）く
• 起（お）きる
• 飲（の）む
• 書（か）く
• 勉強（べんきょう）する
• 寝（ね）る
• 読（よ）む
• 学（まな）ぶ

Task 2 : Change into English.

• 私　は　朝　シリアル　を　食べ　ます。
• 私　は　学校　で　日本語　を　勉強し　ます。
• 父　は　車　で　仕事　に　行き　ます。
• 母　は　毎日　八時　に　起き　ます。

Task 3 : Change into Japanese, using ます.

• I eat breakfast every day.
• My uncle goes to Japan next year.
• My father swims in a pool on Wednesdays.
• My younger sister reads books in a library.

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Answer

Task 1 :

• 食（た）べ
• 見（み）
• 行（い）き
• 起（お）き
• 飲（の）み
• 書（か）き
• 勉強（べんきょう）し
• 寝（ね）
• 読（よ）み
• 学（まな）び

Revise How to make stem form

Task 2 :

• I eat cereal in the morning.
• I study Japanese at school.
• My father goes to work by car.
• My mother wakes up at 8 every day.

Revise Translation rule (Japanese to English)

Task 3 :

• 私　は　毎日　朝ごはん　を　食べ　ます。
• 叔父　は　来年　日本　に　行き　ます。
• 父　は　水曜日　に　プール　で　泳ぎ　ます。
• 妹　は　図書館　で　本　を　読み　ます。

Revise Translation rule (English to Japanese)

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