Talk about looking at pictures and watching films. The examples use polite speech in everyday situations.
The idea
This is an ichidan verb: remove る and add ます or て. Change ます to ません for the polite negative and to ました for the polite past. Use を for the thing watched or looked at. The verb can describe viewing a film or examining a photograph. Here ています describes an action in progress, while ませんか makes a polite invitation.
| Dictionary form | Polite non-past | Polite negative | Polite past | て form |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 見る | 見ます | 見ません | 見ました | 見て |
Examples
- 毎晩、テレビを見ます。I watch television every evening.
- 今日はテレビを見ません。I am not watching television today.
- 昨日、友達と映画を見ました。Yesterday I watched a film with a friend.
- どうぞ、この写真を見てください。Please look at this photograph.
- 今、子どもが絵本を見ています。A child is looking at a picture book now.
- 明日、いっしょに映画を見ませんか。Would you like to watch a film together tomorrow?
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Watch out
みる describes looking or watching; みえる describes something being visible. Do not assume both have the same subject and particle pattern.
Try it yourself
映画を＿。（見る→ます）
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見ます
見ます is the polite non-past of 見る; context tells whether it refers to a habit or the future.
写真を＿ください。（見る→て）
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見て
見て is the て form of 見る. Before ください it forms a polite request.
テレビ＿見ます。（を／に）
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を
を marks the direct object: the thing affected by or involved in the action.
Practice round
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映画を＿。（見る→ます）
写真を＿ください。（見る→て）
テレビ＿見ます。（を／に）
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Describe what you watch regularly, what you watched yesterday, and invite a friend to watch something. Check the particles and verb forms against the examples.