Conjugation › Japanese › Motte imasu
Japanese · Verb Tables · Beginner
持っています (motte imasu) means "to have" in Japanese. Simplest present: — 持っています (motte imasu). Below: all 3 tenses we teach, with examples.
Use the polite non-past form, made by dropping る from an Ichidan verb and adding ます (masu). It covers both present habitual actions and simple facts.
| — | 持っています (motte imasu) |
Replace ます with ました (mashita) to talk about a completed action.
| — | 持っていました (motte imashita) |
Japanese has no separate future tense: the same non-past ます form is used for the future, made clear by a time word like 明日 (tomorrow).
| — | 持っています (motte imasu) |
| パスポートを持っています。 Pasupōto o motte imasu. | I have a passport. |
| 傘を持っていました。 Kasa o motte imashita. | I had an umbrella. |
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