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Mata     o-ukagai       mōshiagemasu.          =    Mata      o-ukagai
                          itashimasu.
                          I’ll visit you again.








                          Mōshiagetai  koto  ga  gozaimasu.  =  Mōshitai  koto  ga
                          gozaimasu.
                          There’s something I want to tell you.





                9.9. Inflection of slightly irregular exalted
                verbs


                The  verbs  nasaru,  irassharu,  kudasaru,  and  ossharu  are
                irregularly               inflected                in           similar             ways:



























                     For gozaru (gozaimasu) see 9.15.





                9.10. Special inflections of -                                    -masu


                The  polite  ending  -masu  is  really  itself  a  verb  that  is  used
                only  when  attached  to  other  verb  infinitives.  In  ordinary
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