{"id":131,"date":"2009-10-10T06:11:50","date_gmt":"2009-10-10T10:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=131"},"modified":"2009-10-10T06:11:50","modified_gmt":"2009-10-10T10:11:50","slug":"present-negative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/present-negative\/","title":{"rendered":"Present Negative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that we’ve gone over the present affirmative tense of both RU and U verbs, lets try conjugating these verbs in the negative present tense.<\/p>\n

Dictionary form: okiru (\u304a\u304d\u308b<\/strong>)(\u8d77\u304d\u308b<\/strong>) to get up<\/p>\n

Present Affirmative: okimasu (\u304a\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Present Negative: okimasen (\u304a\u304d\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Dictionary form: akeru (\u3042\u3051\u308b<\/strong>) (\u958b\u3051\u308b<\/strong>) to open<\/p>\n

Present Affirmative: akemasu (\u3042\u3051\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Present Negative: akemasen (\u3042\u3051\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Dictionary form: harau (\u306f\u3089\u3046<\/strong>) (\u6255\u3046<\/strong>) to pay<\/p>\n

Present Affirmative: haraimasu (\u306f\u3089\u3044\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Present Negative: haraimasen (\u306f\u3089\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Dictionary form: matsu (\u307e\u3064<\/strong>) (\u5f85\u3064<\/strong>) to wait<\/p>\n

Present Affirmative: machimasu (\u307e\u3061\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Present Negative: machimasen (\u307e\u3061\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

With the four examples I’ve given above, you’ll notice that the present negative is formed by adding masen (\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong>) to the stem of the verb. For example for the verb ‘to wait’, machi (\u307e\u3061<\/strong>) is the stem of the verb. How do I know this is the stem? The present affirmative has the masu (\u307e\u3059<\/strong>) ending. If you take away the masu (\u307e\u3059<\/strong>) ending, you’re left with machi (\u307e\u3061<\/strong>), which is the stem of the verb machimasu (\u307e\u3061\u307e\u3059<\/strong>). The stem of the verb is the same for both the present negative and the present affirmative. If ever in doubt about the stem of the verb, just think about how the present affirmative is formed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that we’ve gone over the present affirmative tense of both RU and U verbs, lets try conjugating these verbs in the negative present tense. Dictionary form: okiru (\u304a\u304d\u308b)(\u8d77\u304d\u308b) to get up Present Affirmative: okimasu (\u304a\u304d\u307e\u3059) Present Negative: okimasen (\u304a\u304d\u307e\u305b\u3093) Dictionary form: akeru (\u3042\u3051\u308b) (\u958b\u3051\u308b) to open Present Affirmative: akemasu (\u3042\u3051\u307e\u3059) Present Negative: akemasen (\u3042\u3051\u307e\u305b\u3093)…<\/p>\n

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