Godan verb congugation (五段活用, 否定形) 休みではありませんと会いません
I wrote my short assignments here in Notebooks, and Japanese native speaker made corrections, but I don't understand the logic in godan verbs.
1) 明日、学校へ行きますか。A:はい、行さきます。/ いいえ、行きません。
2) 每日、新聞を読みますか。 A:はい、読みます。/ いいえ、読みません 。
3) 明日田中さんに会いますか。 A: はい、会います。/いいえ、会いません。
4) 土曜日、会社は休みですか。 A:はい、休みます。/ いいえ、休みではありません。(?)
行く, 読む, 会う -- godan verbs, so ます-form is needed.
休む -- godan verb too; according to vocabulary, 休みません is polite Present Indicative Negative Form. Should 4) be 休みません or why did he leave 休みではありません? Because of 休みですか? But it's still godan verb, right?
As far as I see, the same thing goes with 行く→行きます。会う→ 会います。休む→ 休みます。
"う" → "い"+ます。
Search from various English teachers...
Answers · 3
0
For #4, the question is different than the others because 休み is a noun, not a verb.
(Lit. Saturday, Is (your) company on vacation?)
When asked this way, the answer should correspond with a noun in the answer.
"Yes, (the company is) on vacation" -「はい。休みです」
Or for the negative, "No, (It's) not on vacation" 「いいえ。休みではありません」 Or 「いいえ。休みじゃないです。」
("On vacation" sounds slightly awkward in English, but it just means that the company is closed/doesn't require employees to come in on that day)
休む as a verb means "to take a break/to take a day off"
Think means that if the question was phrased 「明日休みますか?」 (will you take tomorrow off?)
you would respond with the regular Godan indicative forms
はい。休みます。
いいえ。休みません。
An easy way of spotting a noun(adjective) is by looking for "です”
In #4, the question uses ですか?meaning that the thing that comes before it is a noun/adjective
If a question ends in ますか? then it is preceded by the verb's root (either Ichidan or Godan)
0
明日休み”ます” I will take the day off tomorrow.
V「休みます」(Verb ますform)
*negative form
ex)明日は休み ません。
明日は休み”です” Tomorrow is a holiday
N「休み」+です(like “is”)
*Because of です,we find “休み” as a Noun
ex)これはペン”です”。This “is” a pen.
*2 Sometimes,you can make Noun from Verb.(Please ,omit ます from Verb)
V「遊びますplay」→ Noun「遊びa play」
*3 negative form
ex)明日は休み じゃありません。
orではありません。
0
Unlike 1) and 3) in which those words are verbs, 4) 休み this is not used as a verb here. If the question is for example "明日休みますか" then the negative answer will be "休みません", but here "休みです" it's not a verb and this "休み" is a noun. So the negative form should be 休みではない → 休みではありません。
Verb: 休む 休まない 休みません
Noun: 休み 休みではない 休みではありません
I hope this makes sense.
Still haven’t found your answers?
Write down your questions and let the native speakers help you!
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a language from the comfort of your own home. Browse our selection of experienced language tutors and enroll in your first lesson now!
Start Learning Today
