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archaic / classical / historical forms
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Japanese is an evolving language, and you will regularly encounter many forms that are no longer in common use. Sometimes they are used in a modern context to evoke a sense of history (as Latin might be quoted in modern English), and sometimes they are used for period authenticity, such as in modern samurai dramas or
じだいしょうせつ
時代小説
(period novels).〜まする
The modern ます form actually descended from a slightly longer form, まする, which fell out of use about 100 years ago.
negative forms
Several negative forms have fallen out of use entirely or evolved.
archaic negative
せよ
archaic volitional
き and し forms of い adjectives
が classical possive
archaic possessive
More information / references
- https://kotobank.jp/word/まする-634367 ⇗
Kanji used in this grammar
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