Tag Archives: Verbs
Can You Really Play in Japanese?
The word for “play” in Japanese does not necessarily have the same context in Japanese as it does in English.
In English when we think play we think, in general, we think games or sports. From tennis and golf to video games or mind games.
The word 遊ぶ (あそぶ) can mean up to three main things.
to play
to [...]
Japanese Verb Conjugation tai We have Hopes and Dreams
Everyone constantly wants something. Whether they want a hamburger or a new car, maybe even a pencil. In English we have the word want. We want things from objects or dreams to come true, and you probably want to know how to say in Japanese. Well fortunately this is super easy. Just add たい to [...]
Short Form Japanese Verb Conjugation Past Tense
Past tense short forms are a bit more tricky than present tense short forms, but not by much. First though be sure that you understand te-forms, and by extension u and ru-verbs.
Past Affirmative
Just like present affirmative was easy since it was just dictionary form. Past tense is easy too. Since you should arleady know te-forms [...]
Short Form Japanese Verb Conjugation Present Tense
Short forms seem kind of complicated when I first saw them and messed with them, but they aren’t, at all. If you just know the principles of it short forms are super simple. For present tense you don’t need to really review anything other than u-verb and ru-verb conjugation. The only thing to really know [...]
Combining Activities with te-form verbs
We already discussed te-form verb conjugation so lets go to the next step and talk about combining activities, because lets face it we rarely just talk about one thing at a time. To do this we combine verbs to do anything from combining two actions, or two things we are doing, to describing why or [...]
Basic Existence
Things exist in this world and we need to know how to tell others that. You might say “there is a TV in the living room”, “There is a McDonalds down the street”, “Over there is a TV”, “Tomorrow is a Test”. These are examples of phrases we use that show existence.
The root verb [...]
Japanese Verb Conjugation Te-Form
Today we are going to go over te-form’s. This is VERY important to the Japanese language because it leads to so very much. If there is one type of verb conjugation to learn and learn extremely well it would be this. For that reason this might be a bit long for some, [...]
Japanese Verb Conjugation Past Tense
Hopefully you have been following along for the last couple of days with “Understanding u-verbs and ru-verbs” and “Japanese Verb Conjugation Present and Future Tense“. If you haven’t please read both of them as they will help this one make a bit more sense. With that being said lets just jump right it [...]
Japanese Verb Conjugation Present and Future Tense
Yesterday we talked about understanding u-verbs and ru-verbs, and knowing which was which and how to tell them apart. Knowing yesterdays information is very important for doing verb conjugation which is a pretty big part of any language. If you haven’t had a chance to read understanding u-verbs and ru-verbs do that right [...]
Understanding u-verbs and ru-verbs
When it comes to ru-vebs there are a lot of weird things going on, but lets first look at irregular verbs since they are an easy exception. The irregular verb will have a る at the end of the word, but to determine if it is an irregular verb or not we need to [...]
