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    This document provides an overview of Japanese verbs for beginner students. It explains that most Japanese verbs end in "u" and introduces the three main types of verbs: yodan, ichidan, and irregular. Examples of common yodan and ichidan verbs are provided along with their English meanings and sample sentences. The document notes that this lesson focuses on simple verb forms and future lessons will cover more polite verb forms.

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    Tim Sensei's Corner - Japanese Verbs - Lesson 1 http://ww8.tiki.ne.jp/~tmath/language/jpverbs/lesson1.

    htm

    Please begin by remembering that all Japanese verbs end


    in u, but to be more precise, it's the last syllable of the plain
    form that ends in u. Let's take the verb aruku, which means
    "to walk," for example: it ends in ku, not u. Keeping this in
    mind will make further study much easier.

    There are 3 types of verbs in Japanese: yodan, ichidan, and


    irregular.1 First we will look at only some simple yodan
    verbs, which can end in u, ku, gu, su, tsu, nu, bu, mu, or ru:

    kau (to buy)


    aruku (to walk)
    isogu (to hurry)
    kasu (to lend)
    matsu (to wait)
    shinu (to die)
    asobu (to play)
    yomu (to read)
    kaeru (to return)

    Now let's try some in sentences:

    Mama wa mise de banana o kau. (Mom buys/will buy


    bananas at the store.)
    Jim wa manga o yomu. (Jim will read a comic book.)
    Ojii-san wa sugu kaeru. (Grandpa will return soon.)

    Ichidan verbs all end in either eru or iru. Some frequently


    used ones are:

    taberu (to eat)


    kimeru (to decide)
    miru (to look, watch)
    kariru (to borrow)

    Here are a couple of example sentences:

    Watashi wa ringo o taberu. (I'll eat an apple.)


    Naomi wa terebi o miru. (Naomi will watch TV.)

    This is very simple Japanese, and also very juvenile or


    "familiar." Only kids or people speaking with family or
    friends would use this plain form. Before actually trying out
    the language you need to learn the Base 2 forms and the
    polite endings that go with them. We will start learning

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    Tim Sensei's Corner - Japanese Verbs - Lesson 1 http://ww8.tiki.ne.jp/~tmath/language/jpverbs/lesson1.htm

    about those in Lesson 2.

    Word Check

    Verbs:

    kau: to buy
    aruku: to walk
    isogu: to hurry
    kasu: to lend
    matsu: to wait
    shinu: to die
    asobu: to play
    yomu: to read
    kaeru: to return
    taberu: to eat
    kimeru: to decide
    miru: to look, watch
    kariru: to borrow

    Others:

    mise: a store
    manga: comic book
    ojii-san: grandfather
    sugu: soon
    watashi: I
    ringo: apple
    terebi: TV2

    Notes

    1. Yodan verbs are also called godan or "type 1" verbs,


    depending on the source.

    Interestingly, the Japanese learn their own language in a


    completely different way, and do not use the terms yodan or
    ichidan when teaching or learning verbs. Asking your
    native-speaking Japanese friends about these will not help:
    they have never heard of them, unless it was from another
    foreigner. The yodan/godan/ichidan method of verb
    instruction only remains today as one method to teach
    Japanese verb forms to non-native speakers.

    2. Terebi is wasei eigo, or "Japanized English," and comes


    from television.

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