~ます/~ません
~ます/~ません
Yuzuo Chan
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11.06.2025
Meaning
Polite non-past affirmative and negative verb forms. They describe habits, general facts, and future actions; ます is affirmative and ません is negative.
Conjugation
V group 1: む→み、す→し、う→い、ぬ→に、つ→ち、ぶ→び、く→き、ぐ→ぎ、る→り + ます/ません: V group 2: るを取って + ます/ません
Examples
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毎朝、パンを食べます。
毎日、７時に起きます。
私はコーヒーを飲みません。
この電車は８時に出ます。
日曜日は学校へ行きません。
明日、友達と映画を見ます。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.title
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 食べるます
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 食べます
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: For a group 2 verb, remove る before adding ます.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 飲みませんです
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 飲みません
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: ません is already the polite negative ending, so do not add です after it.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 行かません
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 行きません
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: 行く is a group 1 verb, so く changes to き before ません.
Key points
Use this form in polite speech and writing with people who are not close friends or family. The non-past form can mean “do/does” for habits and facts or “will” for future events; it does not by itself mean an action is happening right now, for which ています is usually used.
The negative ません is the polite counterpart of ない, while the affirmative ます is the polite counterpart of the plain non-past form.
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