Conjugation › Japanese › Shitte imasu
Japanese · Verb Tables · Beginner
知っています (shitte imasu) means "to know" in Japanese. Simplest present: — 知っています (shitte 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.
| — | 知っています (shitte imasu) |
Replace ます with ました (mashita) to talk about a completed action.
| — | 知っていました (shitte 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).
| — | 知っています (shitte imasu) |
| その店を知っています。 Sono mise o shitte imasu. | I know that shop. |
| 彼の名前を知っていました。 Kare no namae o shitte imashita. | I knew his name. |
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