Here are some commonly used verbs.

 

Verb conjugations

 


Positive Negative

Non-past

---masu

---
masen

Past

---
mashita

---masen deshita

 

 

 

Verbs (non-past = present, future, habitual):

 

Positive
...
mashita

Negative
...
masen deshita

To wake up

okimashita okimasen deshita

To sleep

nemashita nemasen deshita

To eat (breakfast, lunch, supper)

tabemashita tabemasen deshita

To watch, to look, to see  (TV, movie, DVD, nyuusu)

mimashita mimasen deshita

To leave, to go out, to attend (class)

demashita demasen deshita

To come

kimashita kimasen deshita

To go

ikimashita ikimasen deshita

To write (card, letter)

kakimashita kakimasen deshita

To listen (music, CD, rajio)

kikimashita kikimasen deshita

To buy

kaimashita kaimashita

To meet, to see (people)

aimashita aimasen deshita

To go home

kaerimashita kaerimasen deshita

To read (book, magazine, e-mail, newspaper)

yomimashita yomimasen deshita

To drink (coffee, tea, green tea, juice, alcohol, beer, wine)

nomimashita nomimasen deshita

To take a rest, to be absent (from class)

yasumimashita yasumimasen deshita

To talk (with a friend)

hanasimashita hanasimasen deshita

To do, to play (sports or games)

shimashita shimasen deshita