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〜ません (-masen) — polite present/future negative

The polite way to say you do not do something.

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

drop ます (ます हटाएपछि) 食べ tabe
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Suffix (प्रत्यय) ません (-masen)
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Polite Negative Form (नम्र नकारात्मक रूप) 食べません tabemasen

Select a verb (विवरण हेर्न क्रिया चयन गर्नुहोस्)

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

The negative of ます is ません (masen), meaning "do not." It's easy: just replace ます with ません — the stem stays the same. Example: 食べます (I eat) → 食べません (I don't eat). にくを食べません = "I don't eat meat." It too covers present and future.

Step-by-step breakdown (चरणबद्ध रूपान्तरण)

to eat 食べる (taberu)
食べません
  1. 1 Start form: たべる (Taberu)
  2. 2 drop ます: たべ (Tabe) masu stem
  3. 3 Full form: たべ + ません = たべません (Tabemasen)
to go 行く (iku)
行きません
  1. 1 Start form: いく (Iku)
  2. 2 drop ます: いき (Iki) masu stem
  3. 3 Full form: いき + ません = いきません (Ikimasen)
to read 読む (yomu)
読みません
  1. 1 Start form: よむ (Yomu)
  2. 2 drop ます: よみ (Yomi) masu stem
  3. 3 Full form: よみ + ません = よみません (Yomimasen)

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

Question: 1/3

To say "I don't eat," how do you change 「食べる」?

💡 Hint: ません in place of ます.

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