JLPT N5 Beginner
御座います
「ございます」
The formal polite form of “to be” or “to exist,” also used as a suffix in greetings.
Readings
Other forms
ございました past
ございません negative
ございませんでした past negative
1 Verb
To be" / "To exist" (Polite)
Serves as the formal polite equivalent of the verb ある and the copula です.
2 Suffix
In Common Greetings
Functions as a polite marker attached to the end of specific greetings and congratulatory phrases.
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