Fly (polite) in Japanese 🇯🇵

とびます info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– You can think of "とびます" (tobimasu) as related to the English word "to fly." "Tobi" sounds somewhat similar to "to be" in English, as in "to be flying."

Explanations:
– "とびます" (tobimasu) is the polite form of the verb "とぶ" (tobu), which means "to fly." It follows the conjugation rules for Japanese verbs.
– The root "とぶ" (tobu) itself means to fly or to jump, capturing the essence of moving through the air.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 飛行する (ひこうする, hikou suru): to fly (a more technical term, often used for machines like planes)
– 舞い上がる (まいあがる, maiagaru): to soar, to fly up

If it is infinitive then give the different conjugations (past, present, future, etc.):
– Infinitive: とぶ (tobu)
– Present (polite): とびます (tobimasu)
– Past (polite): とびました (tobimaa)
– Negative (present, polite): とびません (tobimasen)
– Negative (past, polite): とびませんでした (tobimasendea)
– Te-form: とんで (tonde)
– Potential form: とべる (toberu) / とべます (tobemasu – polite)

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. 鳥が空をとびます。 (とりが そらを とびます。)
– Tori ga sora o tobimasu.
– The bird flies in the sky.

2. 私は飛行機で日本へとびます。 (わたしは ひこうきで にほんへ とびます。)
– Watashi wa hikouki de Nihon e tobimasu.
– I will fly to Japan by airplane.

3. 昨日、飛行機は時間通りにとびました。 (きのう、ひこうきは じかんどおりに とびました。)
– Kinou, hikouki wa jikandouri ni tobimaa.
– The airplane took off on time yesterday.

4. 子供たちは、風船を空にとばせた。 (こどもたちは、ふうせんを そらに とばせた。)
– Kodomotachi wa, fuusen o sora ni tobaseta.
– The children let the balloons fly into the sky.

5. 彼が空を飛べるようになりたいと言っています。 (かれが そらを とべるように なりたいと いっています。)
– Kare ga sora o toberu you ni naritai to itteimasu.
– He says he wants to be able to fly in the sky.

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