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Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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| 278 | 278 | ## Verb phrases |
| 279 | 279 | ### 〜ます form and its derivatives |
| 280 | -Well, fuck |
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| 281 | +All verbs in the polite (-masu) form have constant pitch patterns, regardless of the pitch pattern of the verb itself |
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| 283 | +| Form | Example | |
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| 285 | +| 〜ます | ~{いきま\す} | |
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| 286 | +| 〜ません | ~{いきませ\ん} | |
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| 287 | +| 〜ました | ~{いきま\した} | |
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| 288 | +| 〜まして[^mashite] | ~{いきま\して} | |
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| 289 | +| 〜ませんでした | ~{いきませ\んでした} | |
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| 290 | +| 〜ましょう | ~{いきましょ\う} | |
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| 292 | +[^mashite]: While not used very commonly outside very formal situations, it can be encountered used by natvie Japanese speakers |
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| 282 | 294 | # Examples |
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