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How do you say this in Japanese? How do you have different tenses with masu and desu. (past, present, future.)
How do you say this in Japanese? How do you have different tenses with masu and desu. (past, present, future.)
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past:
ました and でした
present and future:
ます and です
Note that there is no past tense in Japanese. Usually 〜ています is used for the preaent and 〜ます is used for the future.
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