How to Say ‘I wrote it.’ in Japanese
書きました。
kaki mashi ta
[ka-kee ma-shee ta]
💬 Usage Tip: [書きました] is the polite past form: “wrote” or “have written.” Useful when you finish a form and want to hand it back.
🇯🇵 In Japan: After filling in paperwork, you can say this and hand over the form with [どうぞ]. Very smooth, very grown-up paperwork energy.
Phrase Breakdown
書き
kaki
[ka-kee]
write
Verb stem of 書く, here used in the polite past form.
住所を書きました。
I wrote my address.
まし
mashi
[ma-shee]
did; polite past stem
Part of the polite past ending ました.
書きました。確認してください。
I wrote it. Please check it.
た
ta
[ta]
past tense ending
Completes the polite past verb form.
書きました。
I wrote it.
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