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Japanese tense for verbs

Written by Kaori sensei

What did you do on Sunday? What did you eat yesterday? Let’s talk about what happened in Japanese.

I have divided the Japanese tenses into two main categories. The present, the future, and the past. As you can see, the rules are very simple.

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Let’s check daily life verb and talk about your schedule yesterday.

Past form conjugation based on ます form

verbFUTURE
PRESENT
PAST AffirmativePAST Negative
get upおきます
oki masu
おきました
oki mashita
おきませんでした
oki masendeshita
eatたべます
tabe masu
たべました
tabe masshita
たべませんでした
tabe masendeshita
drinkのみます
nomi masu
のみました
nomi mashita
のみませんでした
nomi masendeshita
watchみます
mi masu
みました
mi mashita
みませんでした
mi masendeshita
playあそびます
asobi masu
あそびました
asobi mashita
あそびませんでした
asobi masendeshita
goいきます
iki masu
いきました
iki mashita
いきませんでした
iki masendeshita

go to sleep
ねます
ne masu
ねました
ne mashita
ねませんでした
ne masendeshita

Vocabulary of dates

What I recommened to learn together is Vocabulary of dates.Combine them and be able to talk about when it happened.

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Key pharases

Kinou Nani o shimashita ka.

きのう なに を しましたか。
  • Nani : what
  • Shimasu : do

Kinou Tomodachi to asobi mashita.

ともだち と あそびました。
  • Tomodachi : friends
  • [Noun]+ to : with

Piza o tabemashita.

ピザ を たべました。
  • piza : pizza

Aisu kurīmu o tabemashita.

アイスクリーム を たべました。
  • Aisu kurīmu : ice cream

Fun game

Let’s talk about your week ! Here is the rondom wheel.

About the author

Kaori sensei

Japanese online teacher, live in Kamakura, Japan. She is currently working as a language teacher and online Japanese experience host to introduce Japanese culture to the world. She originally worked as an engineer at a Japanese company, so she is familiar with Japanese business culture too.

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