Verbs #002 - Verb Conjugations

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:04:46 GMT

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だ
      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.

Verbs #001 - Conjugation Groups

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:59:05 GMT

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.

Amami

Verbs #002 - Verb Conjugations

Verbs #001 - Conjugation Groups