EAS120Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Negative Verb, Matte Kudasai, Watashi Wa

• School: UTSG
• Department: East Asian Studies
• Course: EAS120Y1
• Professor: Jotaro Arimori

Document Summary

Verbs in japanese conjugate, or take different forms. Three of these forms include: the (cid:862)di(cid:272)tio(cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:455) fo(cid:396)(cid:373)s(cid:863, the present-tense affirmative forms, the present-tense negative forms. Two kinds of verbs, ru-verbs and u-verbs, follow regular conjugation patterns. Fo(cid:396) the lo(cid:374)g fo(cid:396)(cid:373)s, the suffi(cid:454)es (cid:862)masu(cid:863) (cid:894)p(cid:396)ese(cid:374)t te(cid:374)se affi(cid:396)(cid:373)ati(cid:448)e(cid:895) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)masen(cid:863) (cid:894)p(cid:396)ese(cid:374)t-tense (cid:374)egati(cid:448)e(cid:895) a(cid:396)e added to the (cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:271) (cid:271)ases, i(cid:374)stead of (cid:862)ru(cid:863) Another major group of verbs is called the u-verbs. The dictionary form of an u-verb can be broken i(cid:374)to the (cid:271)ase a(cid:374)d the suffi(cid:454) (cid:862)u(cid:863: e. g. the u-verb iku has a verb base of ik and the suffix u. The long forms, then, are formed with the base plus suffixes (cid:862)imasu(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)imasen(cid:863) In addition to ru-verbs and u-verbs, there are two irregular verbs: these two verbs are also used to form compound verbs. The use of the te(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:862)di(cid:272)tio(cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:455) fo(cid:396)(cid:373)(cid:863) is (cid:374)ot (cid:396)est(cid:396)i(cid:272)ted o(cid:374)l(cid:455) to listi(cid:374)gs i(cid:374) the di(cid:272)tio(cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:455: they appear in various constructions in actual sentences.