How to Say “I forgot _ .” in Japanese

How do you say “I forgot my wallet.” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

I forgot _ .

_ 忘れた。

 wasureta

If you want to speak politely, you can say :

_ 忘れました。

 wasuremashita

When you want to say “I forgot _ .” in Japanese, put the thing(s) you forgot just before “忘れた” or “忘れました”.

For example, if you want to say “I forgot my wallet.”, you can say like this :

  • wallet = 財布 saifu

財布忘れた。

 saifu wasureta

Or politely :

財布忘れました。

 saifu wasuremashita


財布
my wallet

忘れた
I forgot