Verbs are one of the most important part of speech in Japanese! Here are the eight fundamental rules you need to know for understanding the verbs in Japanese.
Example:
牛乳を飲みます。
Gyūnyū o nomimasu.
(I) drink milk.
私は牛乳を飲みます。
Watashi wa gyūnyū o nomimasu.
I drink milk.
あなたは牛乳を飲みます。
Anata wa gyūnyū o nomimasu.
You drink milk.
彼は牛乳を飲みます。
Kare wa gyūnyū o nomimasu.
He drinks milk.
彼女は牛乳を飲みます。
Kanojo wa gyūnyū o nomimasu.
She drinks milk.
私達は牛乳を飲みます。
Watashitachi wa gyūnyū o nomimasu.
We drink milk.
彼らは牛乳を飲みます。
Kare-ra wa gyūnyū o nomimasu.
They drink milk.
飲みます。
Nomimasu.
Drink (I drink, you drink, he drinks, she drinks, we drink, they drink).
牛乳を飲みます。
Gyūnyū o nomimasu.
(I) drink milk.
牛乳を飲みました。
Gyūnyū o nomimashita.
(I) drank milk.
牛乳を飲みません。
Gyūnyū o nomimasen.
(I) do not drink milk.
牛乳を飲みませんでした。
Gyūnyū o nomimasen deshita.
(I) did not drink milk.
牛乳を飲む。
Gyūnyū o nomu.
(I) drink milk.
牛乳を飲まない。
Gyūnyū o nomanai.
(I) do not drink milk.
牛乳を飲んだ。
Gyūnyū o nonda.
(I) drank milk.
牛乳を飲まなかった。
Gyūnyū o nomanakatta.
(I) did not drink milk.
Examples of ru-verbs:
食べる
Taberu
To eat
見る
Miru
To see
Examples of u-verbs:
飲む
Nomu
To drink
買う
Kau
To buy
The two irregular verbs:
来る
Kuru
To come
する
Suru
To do
[Desire Form]
牛乳を飲みたい。
Gyūnyū o nomitai.
I want to drink milk.
[Potential]
牛乳を飲めます。
Gyūnyū o nomemasu.
I can drink milk.
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