Lived (polite) in Japanese 🇯🇵

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lived (polite)	すみました

How to say “lived (polite)” in Japanese? “すみました”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “すみました” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on lived (polite) in Japanese like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Associate "すみました" (sumimaa) with "sum" as in a task completed or a phase of life completed, implying living.
– Visualize "すみ" (sumi) as "sum" (completion) and "ました" (maa) as a polite past tense ending.

Explanations:
– "すみました" comes from the verb "住む" (すむ, sumu), which means "to live" or "to reside."
– Adding "ました" (maa) to the verb root "すみ" (sumi) converts it into its polite past form.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– "住んだ" (すんだ, sunda) – lived (plain past tense)
– "住みました" (すみました, sumimaa) – lived (polite past tense, another form)

Infinitive and different conjugations:
– Infinitive: 住む (すむ, sumu) – to live
– Present/Future: 住みます (すみます, sumimasu) – live/will live (polite)
– Past: 住みました (すみました, sumimaa) – lived (polite)
– Negative: 住みません (すみません, sumimasen) – do not live/will not live (polite)
– Past Negative: 住みませんでした (すみませんでした, sumimasendea) – did not live (polite)

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. 学生の時、東京に住みました。
– (がくせいのとき、とうきょうにすみました。)
– (Gakusei no toki, Tōkyō ni sumimaa.)
– When I was a student, I lived in Tokyo.

2. 3年間大阪に住みました。
– (さんねんかんおおさかにすみました。)
– (San nenkan Ōsaka ni sumimaa.)
– I lived in Osaka for three years.

3. この家に住みました。
– (このいえにすみました。)
– (Kono ie ni sumimaa.)
– We lived in this house.

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