N5 · Lesson 3
My day
〜ます／〜ません
In this lesson, you will learn to talk about the things you do every day — when you get up, go to school, eat, and go to sleep — and to say how often you do them.
By the end you will be able to say
毎日 六時に 起きます。I get up at six every day.
十時に 寝ます。I go to sleep at ten.
学校へ 行きます。I go to school.
あまり テレビを 見ません。I don't watch TV very much.
ぜんぜん 新聞を 読みません。I don't read the newspaper at all.
The grammar in this lesson
- 〜ます／〜ません — the polite verb ending — Turn any action into a polite sentence: I do it, I don't do it.
- を — marking the direct object — The thing that receives the action: what you eat, drink, or read.
- Time + に — a specific point in time — 六時に, 何時に — に marks a clock time, but not a relative word like 毎日.
- へ／に 行きます・来ます・帰ります — go, come, go home — Say where you're going, coming from, or heading home to.
- いつも・ときどき・あまり・ぜんぜん — how often — Always, sometimes, not very, not at all — and which ones need a negative verb.