Cannot do (polite) in Japanese 🇯🇵

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cannot do (polite)	できません

How to say “cannot do (polite)” in Japanese? “できません”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “できません” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on cannot do (polite) in Japanese like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to Remember the Japanese Word:
– "できません" (dekimasen) can be broken down into "できる" (dekiru) which means "to be able to" or "can do" and "ません" (masen) which is the polite negative form. So thinking of it as "cannot do".

Explanations:
– "できません" is the polite form of saying that you cannot do something. The root verb "できる" means "to be able to do" or "can do", and the "ません" ending makes it negative and polite.

Other Words that Mean the Same Thing:
– できない (dekinai): This is the casual or informal form.
– 無理です (muri desu): Means "impossible" or "I can't do it."

Conjugations:
– Present: できません (dekimasen) – I cannot do (polite)
– Past: できませんでした (dekimasen dea) – I could not do (polite)
– Future: (Japanese doesn’t have a separate future tense; context determines it)

Examples of Sentences:
– サッカーはできません。 (Sakkā wa dekimasen.) – I cannot play soccer.
– 日本語がまだできません。 (Nihongo ga mada dekimasen.) – I still can't speak Japanese.
– 昨日は宿題ができませんでした。 (Kinō wa shukudai ga dekimasen dea.) – I could not do my homework yesterday.

Romanized Characters:
– Dekimasen (できません)
– Dekimasen dea (できませんでした)

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