でございます

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
で御座います

Etymology

From で (de, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb だ (assertive auxiliary)) + ございます (gozaimasu, “to exist”, polite auxiliary).

Pronunciation

Phrase

でございます • (de gozaimasu) 

  1. (formal) Polite form of である (de aru)
    Synonyms: であります (de arimasu), です (desu)

Usage notes

In principle this term can be used anywhere です (desu) is used, but in usage this sounds very formal or stilted.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "でございます" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) で御座いませ
で御座いましょ 		でございませ
でございましょ 		de gozaimase
de gozaimasho
Continuative (連用形) で御座いまし でございまし de gozaimashi
Terminal (終止形) で御座います でございます de gozaimasu
Attributive (連体形) で御座います でございます de gozaimasu
Hypothetical (仮定形) で御座いますれ でございますれ de gozaimasure
Imperative (命令形) － － －
Key constructions
Passive － － －
Causative － － －
Potential － － －
Volitional で御座いましょう でございましょう de gozaimashō
Negative で御座いません でございません de gozaimasen
Negative continuative で御座いませず でございませず de gozaimasezu
Formal － － －
Perfective で御座いました でございました de gozaimashita
Conjunctive で御座いまして でございまして de gozaimashite
Hypothetical conditional で御座いますれば でございますれば de gozaimasureba
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