〜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
+ Suffix (प्रत्यय) ません (-masen)
= 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 Start form: たべる (Taberu)
- 2 drop ます: たべ (Tabe) masu stem
- 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 Start form: いく (Iku)
- 2 drop ます: いき (Iki) masu stem
- 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 Start form: よむ (Yomu)
- 2 drop ます: よみ (Yomi) masu stem
- 3 Full form: よみ + ません = よみません (Yomimasen)
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
Question: 1/3To say "I don't eat," how do you change 「食べる」?
💡 Hint: ません in place of ます.
食べます → 食べません (do not eat).
「行く」→ "do not go" is which?
💡 Hint: stem 「行き」+ ません.
行く → 行き + ません = 行きません.
How do you make ます polite negative?
💡 Hint: The "do not" form.
ます → ません makes it negative.
Your score: /3