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JLPT N5 Grammar

です・ます

N5Honorifics

N5 · Honorifics · polite form

polite style

polite form

です・ます style is polite speech used to make sentences appropriate in everyday interactions.

Keep style consistent in a passage; avoid randomly switching between plain and polite forms.

私は毎日、日本語を勉強します。

I study Japanese every day.

Use ます for verb sentences and です for noun/adjective sentences; do not add です mechanically everywhere.

The two pillars of polite style are です and ます.

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