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〜ません: polite negative

N5 · 05 Polite verbs and invitations

Polite negative of a verb: does not, will not.

Stem + ません. Past negative is ませんでした. The casual equivalent is ない. Tokenizers split it as ませ + ん.

Examples

私わたしはお酒おさけを飲のみません。

I do not drink alcohol.

肉にくは食たべません。

I don't eat meat.