JAPANESE Lesson Seven - Verbs

[Starry Starry Fright]

All right people, it's time to start getting down the nitty-gritty of Japanese. And that means verbs.

We are going to start out with a few verbs in formal present tense.

tabemasu - to eat

nomimasu - to drink

arukimasu - to walk

shinimasu - to die

mimasu - to watch/look

kikimasu - to listen/hear

hanashimasu - to speak

You may notice that allof these verbs end in "-masu".

Now, suppose we want to make this a negative verb? Change -masu to -masen.

Ex. Tabemasen - does not eat.

If we want to make it past tense, change -masu to -mashita

Ex. Tabemashita - ate

And if we want it negative past tense, it becomes -masen deshita

Ex. Tabemasen deshita - did not eat.

If you want to do something, it becomes -tai.

Ex. Tabetai - want to eat.

Does everyone understand? Verbs are a crucial part of any language. Fire off a question or comment if you need to!  

[x-Meoi-x]

watashi wa Ramen no tabetai. Watashi wa nihongo hanashimasu dekiru, demo watashi no nihon chotto henna mimasu yo.
yup, all clear :3  

[Sako_Chaan]

S a k o _ C h a n _ S a y s :
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hmm, i kinda understand it.
my brain hurts from trying to write my English paper at the moment.
but ill look at it again later and try to understand it. ^ ^

 

[this little secret]

Watashi wa shi tai tabemasu cheesecake~

I wonder if that's correct. Oh well.  

[Starry Starry Fright]

knowyourlittlesecret

Watashi wa shi tai tabemasu cheesecake~

I wonder if that's correct. Oh well.

Close. Japanese sentences always go - SUBJECT, OBJECT, VERB.

You are the subject (watashi)
Cheesecake is the delicious object (chiisukeeki)
`Want to eat` is the verb.

So your correct sentence would be:

Watashi wa chiisukeeki wo tabetai desu.  

[x Falsi]

Watashi wa nihon wo tabetai desu. >:3  

[Starry Starry Fright]

x Falsi

Watashi wa nihon wo tabetai desu. >:3

You wish to eat Japan? gonk Oh noes...  

[x Falsi]

Starry Starry Fright

You wish to eat Japan? gonk Oh noes...

Japan totally had it coming. whee  

[Asano Wakana]

Watashi wa hayashi rice wo tabetai desu.  

[this little secret]

x Falsi

Starry Starry Fright

You wish to eat Japan? gonk Oh noes...

Japan totally had it coming. whee

Then what are you going to have for dessert?  

[this little secret]

Starry Starry Fright

knowyourlittlesecret

Watashi wa shi tai tabemasu cheesecake~

I wonder if that's correct. Oh well.

Close. Japanese sentences always go - SUBJECT, OBJECT, VERB.

You are the subject (watashi)
Cheesecake is the delicious object (chiisukeeki)
`Want to eat` is the verb.

So your correct sentence would be:

Watashi wa chiisukeeki wo tabetai desu.

Oh, okie then. Chiisukeeki, hm.  

[Swim47]

Watashi wa ice cream wo tabetai desu. Watashi wa mango wo tabemashita desu.

is this right? xp  

[xXSakura-chanxX67]

I think I get it.. So, I did not eat would be:
Watashi tabemasen deshita.
And particles are not needed for this right? What are particles again? Sorry gonk  

[miruuku]

I just noticed, many are using it but i've never seen it before so thats why i'm asking. is it correct to add "desu" when saying 'rame wo tabetai" ?

I researched it and found that both way are correct, but when you use "desu" it is considered more polite.  

[x-AkaruiKijo-x]

Watashi no Raman tabetai desu xD
((Is this correct?))