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Starry Starry Fright Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:52 pm
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This lesson is going to be tricky. No way around it. Let's just try to get through it together.
Okay, in Lesson Eleven we learned about dictionary or root forms of verbs. If you're not totally solid on that material, go back and review it now.
You know that there are three groups of verbs, and that "dictionary" form is very informal. Good. Now, we're going to take this one group at a time.
GROUP ONE
If you want to change the informal dictionary form into formal past tense, drop the "u" and add "imashita".
kaku becomes kakimashita (wrote)
But if you want to keep the verb informal, it gets complicated. Bear with me.
If the root (dictionary form) ends in KU, drop the KU and add ITA.
kaku becomes kaita (wrote)
If the root ends in GU, drop the GU and add IDA.
oyogu becomes oyoida (swam)
If the root ends with U, TSU or RU, drop the U, TSU or RU and add TTA.
kaeru becomes kaetta (returned)
If the root ends with NU, BU or MU, drop the NU, BU or MU and add NDA.
nomu becomes nonda (drank)
If the root ends with SU, drop the SU and add SHITA.
hanasu becomes hanashita (spoke)
GROUP TWO
To change your verb from root form to formal past tense, drop the RU and add MASHITA.
miru becomes mimashita (saw)
To change your root to the informal past tense, simply drop the RU and add TA.
taberu becomes tabeta (ate)
GROUP THREE
For formal past tense:
kuru becomes kimashita
suru becomes shimashita
For informal past tense:
kuru becomes kita
suru becomes shita
Is everyone clear on this material? I know it's a lot to remember, but it is all very important in your journey to Japanese fluency.
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:41 am
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Starry Starry Fright Captain
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:12 am
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:15 am
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:15 pm
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:43 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:24 pm
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Starry Starry Fright Captain
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:32 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:59 pm
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Starry Starry Fright smilingsin272 Argh, I really don't like Japanese verbs...xD
So group one is making the dictionary forms informal past tense, group two is making them formal past tense, and group three....formal past tense again? Er...I'm confused now. sweatdrop Don't worry, I'll help you with this. All the verbs belong to either group one, group two or group three. But to change verbs in DICTIONARY form (-ru) to PAST DICTIONARY FORM, the method is different depending on which group the verb falls into. So if you have a verb and it belongs in GROUP ONE, then goup and look under GROUP ONE in the lesson to learn how to change it to past tense. If the verb belongs to GROUP TWO then go up and find group two, and then the methods for changing it to past tense is there and so on for group three. Better?
Yes, I believe so!!
So basically those three groups are different ways to change the verbs into past tense, depending on their certain roots?
I'm gonna write all of this down now. xD I prefer making charts to see things clearer. 8D
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Starry Starry Fright Captain
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 11:04 am
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smilingsin272 Starry Starry Fright smilingsin272 Argh, I really don't like Japanese verbs...xD
So group one is making the dictionary forms informal past tense, group two is making them formal past tense, and group three....formal past tense again? Er...I'm confused now. sweatdrop Don't worry, I'll help you with this. All the verbs belong to either group one, group two or group three. But to change verbs in DICTIONARY form (-ru) to PAST DICTIONARY FORM, the method is different depending on which group the verb falls into. So if you have a verb and it belongs in GROUP ONE, then goup and look under GROUP ONE in the lesson to learn how to change it to past tense. If the verb belongs to GROUP TWO then go up and find group two, and then the methods for changing it to past tense is there and so on for group three. Better? Yes, I believe so!!
So basically those three groups are different ways to change the verbs into past tense, depending on their certain roots?
I'm gonna write all of this down now. xD I prefer making charts to see things clearer. 8D
By jove, I think she's got it!
Writing things down for yourself is always the best way to learn. I have notebooks upon notebooks filled with this stuff.
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:15 am
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:07 pm
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Starry Starry Fright Captain
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:16 pm
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