The verbs used above are in their plain form Base . Let s make questions out of some our other previous examples Ayako wa kesa terebi mimashita ka. Seiko wa mada kaimono ni itte inai. When combined ki tsukeru is an often used phrase meaning take care saying goodbye to someone or warning them Attention calling group order [...]
Base Alone the Plain Imperative. Word Check mise store shop kau buy manga comic book yomu read taberu eat kariru borrow miru see watch look kesa this morning iku go yasumu rest take break have day off hakobu carry pet food ageru give anata you naosu repair Verbs are shown their plain form. In this sentence densha train the main subject and deru to leave tells us what it will do watashi ga noru just gives more information about simply pinning down take my [...]
Kinou John wa benkyou dekimasen deshita. John wa kasa kawanai desu. Shall we take break By the way true Japanese doesn use question mark [...]
Ashita ame ga furu kara ikimasen. Shizuko is eating. Also I should mention that the last example above is bit unnatural grammatically fine slangy kind of way just because you got with polite masu ending. Suzukisan Onamae oshiete itadakemasu ka [...]
For example Bob wa Junko ni denwa suru koto ga dekimashita can be shortened . Bob was able to call Junko. Finally this form also plays vital role sentences where relative pronoun would be used English Tennis shite iru ko wa Bob imouto desu. Here are some examples Watashi sore yonda toki totemo odorokimashita [...]
Word Check kasu to lend ogoru treat someone meal denwa bangou telephone number oshieru tell teach heya room souji suru clean kyuukei take break issho ni together with Home Contents Next Lesson Expressing Gradual Achievement Change Form and kuru iku you know mean come but when used after they whole new dimension which may have nothing do physical movement. You desu and sou are similar sometimes easy to confuse [...]
What do you think about going to the park tomorrow Atarashii terebi katte wa dou desu . You will run into lots of strange constructions which cannot be explained English simply because they do exist . I ll probably go to Okayama next week. This used often to attach kudasai choudai or kureru which are request someone not do something [...]
You really don t need to concern yourself with at unless decide study Japanese literature. Kare ni dekita dou kikimashou. I m not eating now [...]
Also notice that this time the bases are in numerical order and last letter vowel sound of each verb corresponds with vowels outlined above except those pesky troublemakers ichidans irregulars. As you can see when certain conjugation applies to all verbs construction only the final is conjugated give intended meaning ones preceding it Form will automatically assume same . For example in English we would normally ask person What did you do last night and not were doing Japanese it the opposite. Again it is rarely used these days daily communication. As in B reply above Japanese you don t say been twice but went [...]
Nihongo hanasu no wa kantan desu. Especially notice how verbs ending su and tsu change Plain Base Form Polite kau to buy kai kaimasu aruku walk aruki arukimasu isogu hurry isogi isogimasu kasu lend kashi kashimasu matsu wait machi machimasu shinu die shini shinimasu asobu play asobi asobimasu yomu read yomi yomimasu kaeru return kaeri kaerimasu Now we are ready speak adult Japanese [...]
Kenji wa atarashii kuruma o kau deshou. The Plain Negative Form Base with nai [...]
To make the meaning perfectly clear we would have add watashitachi or kare before yakyuu. I don t think Eiko can speak English. I laughed when heard that. It s added to the end of sentences for overall emphasis [...]
