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📖 3. Verb
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Grammar Note
How to Identify Verb Groups
Verb groups are directly related to conjugation. Here is how to tell them apart:
⚫️ Group 1
Verbs in Group 1 end with the sound of “- i ます”.
| かいます いきます いそぎます はなします たちます しにます あそびます よみます のります | kai-masu iki-masu isogi-masu hanashi-masu tachi-masu shini-masu asobi-masu yomi-masu nori-masu |
⚫️ Group 2
Verbs in Group 2 end with the sound of “- e ます”
| たべます わすれます しめます でます | tabe-masu wasure-masu shime-masu de-masu |
exception
These verbs are in Group 2 even though they end with “-iます”.
| おきます かります おります あびます できます います みます きます | oki-masu kari-masu ori-masu abi-masu deki-masu i-masu mi-masu ki-masu |
⚫️ Group 3
This group consists of only two basic verbs: ki-masu (come) and shi-masu (do). It also includes compound verbs like “Noun + shi-masu” (e.g., benkyo-shimasu).
| きます します べんきょう します うんてん します | ki-masu shi-masu benkyō shi-masu unten shi-masu |
⚫️ Hiragana
Hiragana Chart (The 50 sounds of Japanese)
| あ | い | う | え | お |
| か | き | く | け | こ |
| さ | し | す | せ | そ |
| た | ち | つ | て | と |
| な | に | ぬ | ね | の |
| は | ひ | ふ | へ | ほ |
| ま | み | む | め | も |
| や | ゆ | よ | ||
| ら | り | る | れ | ろ |
| わ | を | |||
| ん |
| a | i | u | e | o |
| ka | ki | ku | ke | ko |
| sa | shi | su | se | so |
| ta | chi | tsu | te | to |
| na | ni | nu | ne | no |
| ha | hi | fu | he | ho |
| ma | mi | mu | me | mo |
| ya | yu | yo | ||
| ra | ri | ru | re | ro |
| wa | o | |||
| n |
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