GRAMMAR
る・動詞・ません形
ru-verbs (negative polite)
Explanation
NOTE
To make a polite negative sentence with ru-verbs, you drop the final る and add ません. This is the ません form.
NOTE
Use this form in polite or formal situations — with strangers, at work, or in any setting where you would use ます for affirmative sentences.
STRUCTURE
V辞
ません朝ごはんを食べません。
Asagohan o tabemasen.
I do not eat breakfast.
テレビを見ません。
Terebi o mimasen.
I do not watch TV.
朝早く起きません。
Asa hayaku okimasen.
I do not wake up early in the morning.
Example sentences
私は毎日パンを食べません。
I don't eat bread every day.
彼はテレビを見ません。
He doesn't watch TV.
私は早く寝ません。
I don't sleep early.
Practice exercises
1
夜遅く寝ません。
I don't sleep late at night.
Answer
ません
2
犬がえさを食べません。
The dog doesn't eat its food.
Answer
ません
3
電気をつけません。
I don't turn on the light.
Answer
ません
4
朝ごはんを食べません。
I don't eat breakfast.
Answer
ません
5
最近、野菜を食べません。
Lately, I don't eat vegetables.
Answer
ません
6
夜おそく甘いものを食べません。
I don't eat sweets late at night.
Answer
ません
7
母は肉を食べませんが、魚は食べます。
My mother doesn't eat meat, but she eats fish.
Answer
ません
8
朝早く起きません。
I don't wake up early in the morning.
Answer
ません