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"Do you play sports on the weekend?"
Translation:週末にスポーツをやりますか?
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やる is the dictionary form. It is an う-verb, not a る-verb. You can tell it's not a る verb because they normally have いる/える endings (たべる。 みる。 there are some exceptions which are still う-verbs, such as 切る(きる).
When putting an う-verb into ます form, you bump the う into an い。
So やる becomes やります まつ becomes まちます のむ becomes のみます
Etc. Etc.
When you're turning a る verb into ます form, you just drop the る。 たべる becomes たべます みる becomes みます ねる becomes ねます
Does that make any sense at all? I'm not much of a teacher haha.
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やる is the base form of the word. やり is the polite form when paired with ます. So やる is just "to do" While やります is "to do (polite form)"
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Can I use "shimasuka" instead of "yarimasuka" in this kind of sentence? What's the difference between the two?