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The present tense in Japanese is used to describe one of two things:
1) an activity a person habitually or regularly engages in,
or 2) an activity
that a person is planning on performing or doing in the future. |
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Habitual actions: |
| わたし は よく テレビ を みます。 |
I
often watch TV. |
| watashi wa yoku terebi o mimasu. |
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| メアリー さん は ときどき あさごはん を たべません。 |
Mary sometimes doesn't eat breakfast. |
| mearii san wa tokidoki asagohan o tabemasen. |
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Future actions: |
| わたし は あした きょうと に いきます。
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I
will go to Kyoto tomorrow. |
| watashi wa ashita kyooto ni ikimasu. |
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| スー さん は きょう うち に かえりません。
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Sue
will not return home today. |
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suu san wa kyoo uchi ni kaerimasen. |
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