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