Japanese Verbs

masu form affirmative mimasu masu form negative mimasen masu past affirmative mimashita masu past negative mimasendeshita

root form miru nai form minai ta form mita nakatta form minakatta

te form mite conditional (ba form) mireba potential mirareru imperative miro volitional miyoo passive mirareru causative misaseru causative passive 1 misaserareru causative passive 2 -

Beginner 1 - Basic Structure

[ subject ]

wa

[ something ]

o

mimasu

1.

Watashi wa terebi o mimasu.

I (will) watch TV.

2.

Susan-san wa sakkaa o mimasen.

Susan doesn't watch soccer.

3.

Watashi wa kinoo uchi de bideo o mimashita.

I watched a video at home yesterday.

4.

Watashi wa sono eiga o mimasendeshita.

I didn't watch that film.

Beginner 2 - Functional Patterns

5.

Musume wa terebi o mite imasu.

My daughter is watching TV now.

6.

Watashi wa Nihon no eiga o mita koto ga arimasen.

I haven't watched any Japanese movie ever.

7.

Sono eiga wa tsumaranai kara, minai hoo ga ii desu.

You should not watch that movie, because it's uninteresting.

8.

Chizu o mita kedo, basho ga wakarimasen.

I looked up a map, but I didn't find the palce.

The usage of each Functional Pattern is explained in the Essential Japanese Verbs.