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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)

Verb Vます [ます] + ません
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)

Meaning

  • Need to turn "I do" into "I do not"? Put ません in place of ます — that is all.
  • Like ます, it works for today and tomorrow: 今日は肉を食べません (I will not eat meat today), あしたは行きません (I will not go tomorrow).

How to attach

  • 食べます (I eat) ──> remove ます ──> 食べ ──> add ません ──> 食べません (I do not eat).
  • The front part stays exactly as it is; only the last piece is swapped.

Step-by-step breakdown (चरणबद्ध रूपान्तरण)

to eat 食べます (tabemasu)
食べません
  1. 1 Start (ます form): たべます (tabemasu)
  2. 2 Remove ます [- ❌]: たべ (tabe) what is left
  3. 3 Add [+ ✅ ません]: たべ + ません = たべません (tabemasen)
to go 行きます (ikimasu)
行きません
  1. 1 Start (ます form): いきます (ikimasu)
  2. 2 Remove ます [- ❌]: いき (iki) what is left
  3. 3 Add [+ ✅ ません]: いき + ません = いきません (ikimasen)
to read 読みます (yomimasu)
読みません
  1. 1 Start (ます form): よみます (yomimasu)
  2. 2 Remove ます [- ❌]: よみ (yomi) what is left
  3. 3 Add [+ ✅ ません]: 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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