How to Say ‘I wrote it.’ in Japanese
書きました。
kaki mashi ta
[kah-kee mah-shee tah]
💬 Usage Tip: [書きました] is the past polite form of [書く]. Here it means "I have written it" or "I'm done writing."
🇯🇵 In Japan: After filling out a form, saying this helps signal to staff that you are ready for the next step.
Phrase Breakdown
書き
kaki
[kah-kee]
write
From 書く. Here the stem is used in the polite past form.
名前を書きました。
I wrote my name.
まし
mashi
[mah-shee]
polite past marker part
Part of ました, which makes the verb polite and past tense.
書きました。
I wrote it.
た
ta
[tah]
past tense ending part
Final part of ました, completing the polite past tense.
終わりました。
It finished.
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