動詞ません
動詞ません means do not/will not do (polite non-past negative). It is a JLPT N5 grammar point. ません is the polite non-past negative verb ending. It can express something you do not usually do or will not do.
Japanese sources describe it as 「動詞の丁寧な現在・未来否定」.
動詞ません examples
コーヒーを飲みません。
I do not drink coffee.
今日は学校へ行きません。
I will not go to school today.
動詞ません exercises
Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.
今日は学校へ（ ）。
- 行きません ✓
- 行きます
- 行きました
- 行って
I will not go to school today.
肉を（ ）。
- 食べません ✓
- 食べます
- 食べました
- 食べて
I do not eat meat.
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