Japanese A280 Lecture 2: Japanese 280 chaper 1

• School: Orange Coast College
• Department: Japanese
• Course: Japanese A280
• Professor: Kagawa, Akemi

Document Summary

When a verb is conjugated to a form to show you are able to that verb. Example to swim = potential form = can swim / able to swim. For verbs change ending to . When conjugating to negative, past, past negative, te-form treat the verb as a verb. When using potential form in a sentence it cannot be used with the direct object and instead you use . Ex) i can play the piano. The 4 ways to ask for a suggestion. All translate to what should i do . Sentence example = (my head hurts. Verb past tense form + ( why don"t you ~) Verb past tense form + (you should ~ ) Verb negative form + ( you should not ~) Change verb to its form then add with one of the following. Translates to you may not , you must not or it is unacceptable to .