Japanese is Posibble Lesson by Evy Mukriani - HTML preview

Part 12

q Types of Verbs

q Verb Endings

q Useful Words

q Example Sentences

q Anime Videos and Music

Types of Verbs

There are three groups of verbs in Japanese - Irregular, Ichidan, and Yodan.

Ichidan and Yodan verbs (all but TWO verbs) use the same verb endings, and

you conjugate them the same way. However, there is a subtle difference between

the two groups.

Irregular Verbs

I bet I scared you by telling you there was a whole GROUP of irregular verbs!

Actually, there are only two.

suru - to do (used with 100's of verbs)

kuru - to come

Ichidan Verbs

Verbs in this group end with -eru or -iru. Verbs from this group include:

deru - to go out

taberu - to eat

miru - to look, watch

ochiru - to fall

Yodan Verbs

This group contains every verb except for those that belong to the Irregular and

Ichidan groups. Here you find your familiar -RU, -TSU, -U, KU, -GU, -SU, -

BU, and -MU verbs.

au - to meet

tatsu - to stand

suwaru - to sit

hairu - to enter

There are some Yodan verbs that look a lot like Ichidan verbs. Be forewarned.