Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Verb Groups

I started working on verbs. I ended up taking a day off from studying because damn I was confused. I was not sure where to start and I was all over the place.
Now that I finally got around to organizing everything and somewhat have them figured out I'll post what I know so far.
Let's explain the Verb Groups first.

Group 1 ~U verbs(verbs ending with U)
う、つ、る
ぬ、ぶ、む



EX. 話(はな)す- to speak
聞(き)く - to listen
書(か)く - to write
待(ま)つ - to wait
飲(の)む - to drink

Group 2 ...eる ...iる(verbs ending with ...eる and ...iる)
iru EX. 着(き)る - to wear
見(み)る - to see
起(お)きる - to get up
降(お)りる - to get off
信(しん)じる - to believe

eru EX. 開(あ)ける - to open
あげる - to give
出(で)る - to go out
寝(ね)る - to sleep
食(た)べる - to eat

There are some exceptions. The following verbs belong to Group 1, though they end with "~ iru" or "~ eru".
入(はい)る - to enter
走(はし)る - to run
いる - to need
帰(かえ)る - to return
限(かぎ)る - to limit
切(き)る - to cut
しゃべる - to chatter
知(し)る - to know
To be honest this I figure is just something you have to remember. Since I couldn't find an reason as to why they are exceptions.


Group 3 Irregular Verbs 
くる(to come)
する(to do)
suru is most used verb in Japanese. It is used as, "to do", "to make" or "to cost".
Also combined with nouns(of chinese and western origin) to make them into verbs.
EX. 勉強する - to study
旅行する - to travel
輸出する - to export
ダンスする - to dance
しゃんぷうする - to shampoo


Next I'll post about Te forms.
Then Masu form.
Then Ta forms.
I would post them all together but for the sake of keeping it simple.


I hope this is somewhat helpful to someone.
And if there are any mistakes, please do comment with corrections!
It would be greatly appreciated!

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