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Verbs #002 - Verb Conjugations [02 Feb 2006|02:56pm]
[ mood | Lovesick for the baka ]
[ music | Sakurai Sho - Yume de ii kara ]

Plain Form or Dictionary Form

(01) [-u] oyogu 貸す
(02) [-ru] akeru 開ける
(03) kuru 来る & suru する

The -Masu Form

(01) [-u] + imasu
      oyog[u] + imasu = oyogimasu
      Final -tsu -つ becomes -chi -ち & final -su -す becomes -shi -し

(02) [-ru] + masu
      ake[ru] + masu = akemasu

(03) kuru = kimasu & suru = shimas

Copula: The formal form of da だ is desu です.

Formal examples

みずをのみます
      I (will) drink water.
これはわたしのほんです
      This is my book.

Informal examples

みすをのむ
      I (will) drink water.
これはわたしのほん
      This is my book.

The -Te Form


Rule Example (romaji) Example (kanji)
(01)
-au = a[u] + tte arau = aratte 洗う=洗って
-iu = i[u] + tte monoiu = monoitte 物言う = 物言って
-uu = u[u] + tte kuu = kutte 食う = 食って
-ou = o[u] + tte hirou = hirotte 拾う = 拾って
-ku = k[u] + ite ugoku = ugoite 動く = 動いて
  (irregular form)
iku = itte
行く = 行って
-gu = [gu] + ide oyogu = oyoide 泳ぐ = 泳いで
-su = [su] + shite kasu = kashite 貸す = 貸して
-tsu = [tsu] + tte matsu = matte 待つ = 待って
-nu = [nu] + nde shinu = shinde 死ぬ = 死んで
-bu = [bu] + nde tobu = tonde 飛ぶ = 飛んで
-mu = [mu] + nde yomu = yonde 読む = 読んで
-ru = [ru] + tte owaru = owatte 終る = 終って
(02)
-eru = e[ru] + te deru = dete 出る = 出て
-iru = i[ru] + te miru = mite 見る = 見て
(03)
  kuru = kite 来る = 来て
  suru = shite する = して


Copula: The -te form of da だ is de で.

The ABC song

う/つ/る って
め/ぶ/む んで
く    いて
ぐ    いで
す    して

abcdefg..hijklmnop♪
うつるってめぶむんで...くいてぐいですして♪

Thanks to kei.
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Verbs #001 - Conjugation Groups [01 Feb 2006|12:51pm]
[ mood | Productive Lunchtimes ]
[ music | winds. - Long Road ]

Group 01: -U Endings


-u -う arau 洗う
monoiu 物言う
kuu 食う
hirou 拾う
to wash
to speak up
to eat (nonpolite)
to pick up
-ku -く aruku 歩く
ugoku 動く
kiku 聞く
migaku 磨く
to walk
to move
to hear, to listen
to polish
-gu -ぐ oyogu 泳ぐ
nugu ぬぐ
to swim
to take off (clothing)
-su -す orosu 下ろす
kasu 貸す
kesu 消す
hanasu 話す
to lower
to lend
to extinguish
to speak
-tsu -つ tatsu 立つ
mastu 待つ
motsu 持つ
to stand
to wait
to hold
-nu -ぬ shinu 死ぬ to die
-bu -ぶ asobu 遊ぶ
tobu 飛ぶ
yobu呼ぶ
to play
to fly
to call
-mu -む susumu 進む
sumu 住む
nomu 飲む
yomu 読む
to advance
to live
to drink
to read
-ru -る oriru 降る
owaru 終る
kakaru かかる
kaburu かぶる
noru 乗る
haru はる
wakaru わかる
to get down
to end
to be suspended
to put on (a hat etc)
to get on (a train etc)
to affix
to understand
-iru & -eru endings in Group 01 iru 要る
kaeru 帰る
kiru 切る
shiru 知る
hairu 入る
hashiru 走る
to be required
to return
to cut
to know, to find out
to enter
to run



Group 02: -Eru and -Iru Endings

-eru akeru 開ける
kakeru かける
taberu 食べる
deru 出る
neru 寝る
norikaeru 乗り換える
to open
to suspend, to cover
to eat
to go out
to sleep
to change (trains)
-iru okiru 起きる
oriru 降りる
kiru 着る
miru 見る
to get up (from bed)
to get down
to put on (clothing)
to see



Group 03: Irregular Verbs

kuru 来る to come
suru する to do

Copula: da だ

It is not strictly a verb but has several forms that correspond to verb conjugations.
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