います
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See also: いる
Pronunciation
Verb
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 居ます |
- polite conjugation of いる (iru, “to be”)
Verb
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 在す |
- (Classical Japanese, honorific) to come
- (Classical Japanese, honorific) to go
- (Classical Japanese, honorific) to be
Conjugation
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | いまさ | imasa | |
| Continuative (連用形) | いまし | imasi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | います | imasu | |
| Attributive (連体形) | います | imasu | |
| Realis (已然形) | いませ | imase | |
| Imperative (命令形) | いませ | imase | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | いまさず | imasazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | いませど | imasedo | |
| Causal conjunction | いませば | imaseba | |
| Conditional conjunction | いまさば | imasaba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | いましき | imasiki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | いましけり | imasikeri | |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | いましつ | imasitu | |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | いましぬ | imasinu | |
| Perfect-continuative tense | いませり いましたり | imaseri imasitari | |
| Volitional | いまさむ | imasamu | |
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