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Grammar list

ではありませ

(Deha ari mase n)

is not / am not / are not (polite negative copula).

Connection rules

  • Noun or na-adjective + ではありません
  • じゃありません is a colloquial contraction that is still polite; both are acceptable in polite speech.
  • The past negative form is ではありませんでした (or じゃありませんでした).

Examples

1.
これペンありませ

Kore wa pen de wa ari mase n.

This is not a pen.

is not / am not / are not (polite negative copula)

2.
かれ日本人にっぽんじんじゃありませ

Kare wa nipponjin ja ari mase n.

He is not Japanese.

is not / am not / are not (polite negative copula)

Practice

That person is not Japanese.

あの人は___。

Romaji also accepted