Conjugation

ござる

gozaru

be

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru, polite verb.

  • ございます

    The honorific verbs in -aru (いらっしゃる, おっしゃる, くださる, なさる, ござる) take い before ます and in the command: ございます, ござい.

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmativeございますgozaimasu
    2. negativeございませんgozaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmativeございましたgozaimashita
    2. negativeございませんでしたgozaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. ござってgozatte
    2. requestござってくださいgozatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. ございましょうgozaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmativeございたいgozaitai
    2. negativeございたくないgozaitakunai