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Chapter 8 [Introduction Types of Verb & Forms of Verb]
2023/09/19
In this article, we introduce ■1, Types of verb and ■2,Forms of verb.
■1. Introduction Types of Verb
In Japanese, there are three verb types. They are divided into Group 1, 2, and 3.
①Group 1 verbs end in “u”. (ex: yomu, asobu, kaku, oyogu)
②Group 2 verbs end in “iru” or “eru“. (ex:taberu,neru,hashiru)
③Group 3 verbs are くる (to come) and する (to do). In addition, any words that end in “する” also appear in this group.(ex: けっこんする to get married さんぽする to go for a walk)
■2. Introduction Forms of Verb
There are five forms of Japanese verbs and usages
じしょform: Basic form of verb
①ます-form: polite
②て-form: connect sentences
③ た-form: shows past action
④ない-form: negative form
Verb(Group①、②、③) will be changed depends on forms of verb.
From next article, we study for understanding how does verb change and practice it .
Lesson 1 ますform
Lesson 2てform
Lesson 3たform
Lesson 4ないform