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Took (polite) in Japanese 🇯🇵


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

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とりました info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Break it down into parts: "と" (to) + "り" (ri) + "ました" (maa). The "りました" (rimasu) ending is a common polite past tense for verbs.
– Associate "と" (to) with the act of taking or capturing (like taking a photo), and "ました" (maa) is a past polite ending.

Explanations:
– "とりました" (torimaa) is the polite past tense form of the verb "とる" (toru), which means "to take" or "to capture."
– Use it when speaking about something you took, in a respectful or polite manner.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 採りました (とりました, torimaa) – implies taking or adopting something.
– 撮りました (とりました, torimaa) – often used for taking photos.

Conjugations of "とる" (toru):

1. Infinitive: とる (toru) – to take
2. Polite present/future: とります (torimasu) – take
3. Polite past: とりました (torimaa) – took
4. Plain present/future: とる (toru) – take
5. Plain past: とった (totta) – took
6. Negative (present/future): とらない (toranai) – don’t take
7. Polite negative (present/future): とりません (torimasen) – don’t take
8. Past negative: とらなかった (toranakatta) – didn’t take
9. Polite past negative: とりませんでした (torimasen dea) – didn’t take
10. Te-form: とって (totte) – taking

Examples of sentences:
1. 昨日、写真をとりました。
(Kinō, shashin o torimaa.)
"I took a photo yesterday."

2. 会議でメモをとりました。
(Kaigi de memo o torimaa.)
"I took notes at the meeting."

3. そのクラスをとりましたか?
(Sono kurasu o torimaa ka?)
"Did you take that class?"

4. 彼は休みをとりました。
(Kare wa yasumi o torimaa.)
"He took a break."

5. 私は試験に合格したので、休暇をとりました。
(Watashi wa shiken ni gōkaku a node, kyūka o torimaa.)
"I passed the exam, so I took a vacation."

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