🔥 Master Essential Japanese Verbs! 🚀 | Speak Japanese Like a Pro 🇯🇵

hello and welcome to another class with this Japanese for begin course it's your teacher again and let's start learning new things so today we will learn about verbs or in Japanese very good so today we will learn Japanese verb conjugation so the first thing you need to know about the Japanese verbs is that there are three types of verbs the first type is r verbs r verbs second type is O verbs o verbs and the third type is irregular verbs irregular verbs very good so how can we know if a verb is a Ru verb or an U verb so first let's take a look at Ru verbs so r verbs as we can see from the group name they end in r r so let's look at some examples the first one is to eat so it ends in R the second one is to see to look to watch it also ends in r r r and the third one [Music] is to sleep to go to bed also ends in R so it's very easy okay but for U verbs they usually end in o but sometimes they end in R and that's where things get tricky okay because if the verb ends in U like or or n it's quite easy to know that it's an U verb but if it ends in like we need to know already if it's a r verb or an U verb to conjugate it correctly so the only way is to memorize all right but first let's take a look at verbs that end in so the first one is to drink n so it ends in but after M we have move a syllable yes very good second one is to buy cow it ends in and the third one is k k to write it ends in okay very good now let's take a look at U verbs that end in R so we have nor nor to get on a vehicle to return to come home and to make to prepare food very good so I already mentioned that r verbs end in Ru but also very often before the last through they have an i or E vowel sound before the roof most of the time not always there will be exceptions but let's take a look at these two so we have Mir Mir to look to watch and before the last R we have I we have I okay so we have a vowel so then we can know okay this is a RB it has a vowel e e for d d to exit or to go out we have E before R so we can also know it's a r verb so now let's take a look at U verbs so while Ru verbs had an i or E vowel sound before the ru o verbs usually have a o so a u o vowel sound before the ending syllable okay let's take a look we have verb to sing so we have a we have a before the last sound and for y y to read before the last Mo we have o o we have o so that's how we can also to distinguish if it's a r or U verb now let's learn some r verbs to eat to watch to look to get up to sleep [Music] n for U verbs we have to drink to read [Music] y to talk to speak to listen to ask k k K to go to [Music] return irregular verbs to [Music] do to come [Music] now let's learn the formal present tense conjugation for Ru verbs okay so let's take this verb to wear okay so this is dictionary form K from this dictionary form kir we need to take away so we will have left only key key so the left key will will be our word stem word stem okay now to make present tense affirmative form to this word stem key we need to add m m I know that we write M but we say m m so when we add M to key we have k k very good and for the negative form to K we add M and then we have Ken Ken now another RB to be to exist for living things so from U we take a and we have e left e e so e is our stem so to make affirmative we add mus so we have e plus mus IM IM now to make negative we add M so we have imen imen very good now another word to eat so from we we had t t left T is our stem to T we add Mas and we have t now to make negative we add M again so we have to watch to look so from miru we take away Ru and we have me me is our stem to make affirmative we add M me plus M so we have m m if we want negative we add M so we have MIM mimen very good now let's take a look at U verbs so for U verbs it's a little bit different let's take a look so we have c c to buy so from C we need to take away o and then we have C left but to C we need to add the letter that comes before o in the hiragana line do you remember our first hiragana line was a e e o so before U we have e e so e will come here and our stem will be k k now to make affirmative we add M so we have and to make negative we add so we haveen very good now this is our hiragana chart so to explain what I was explaining before but in a bit more clear way let's take a look here so we have our hiragana line of so we have Etc all of them are in U line now when we are conjugating U verbs we go one line back so if we are here U will become e if we are here c will become K Su will become she will become Chi and Etc okay so always keep in mind this herana chart where we will go one step back perfect our next word is to go so we have yeah so before c we have let's think so we have so instead ofu it becomes I so to make affirmative we add M so we have and to make NE negative we add M and it's ikim ikim you see we had C here we went back perfect our next verb is to drink n n let's think about the H line so before we have me so from n it becomes noii so to Nomi we add M and it's Nas Nomi present affirmative present negative we add it will be nen nen great okay so we had Mo it became me now irregular verbs to do so usually regular verb Sur comes with a noun so if we have noun let's say sports support support to do Sports would be okay let's take a look so present affirmative form of suru irregular verb suru would be Shas Shas and negative form would be shimen shim now we have another irregular verb to come Kuru Kur present affirmative would be Kim K and present negative would be kimen now let's practice let's try to conjugate these verbs I will give you 5 seconds for each ver verb to make it into must and musen form okay if you feel like it's not enough time for you feel free to pause this lesson here okay okay let's get started so let's conjugate tab okay so it's Ru verb so we need to take away Ru and we have our stem T to T we need to add must to make it present affirmative and it will be t to make it present negative we add so we have very good example sentence I will eat okay so I translate the sentence as if I will eat so it sounds like a future tense in English right well I will talk about this later on but I want to mention it to you even right now that the present tense in Japanese can both mean present and the future depending on the context so if I don't have any clue that this action is happening right now this might sound like a future action that I will eat very good our next verb is to look to watch Mir Mir let's try to conjugated as well okay so it's also rule verb so we take away Ru we have stem me and to me we need to add must to make it present affirmative so it's m mimas and to make it present negative we add M so it will be M perfect example sentence I will watch TV to wake up to get up now let's think is it a r verb or U verb which one is it I'll give you five seconds okay so it's also r verb so we take away R and we have Oki Oki left as a stem to Oki again we add M so we have present affirmative okok and negative okim example [Music] sentence N means what hour n at what hour do you get up do you wake up so this could actually mean at what time will you get up to sleep let's think is it a r verb or U verb and how will we conjugate it into M and Masen forms give you five seconds again again this was a r verb so after taking away R we have NE left NE plus is neas neas present affirmative present negative NE Plus when will you sleep when will you go to bed nor to drink is it a r verb or U verb how will we conjugate it so this was actually U verb so what do we do with u verbs in the hiragana line of letter M we need to go one step back so let's think here we have Mo so we have so before Mo we have so our stem is n n so Nomi plus m is present affirmative n Andi plus is n present negative example sentence be I will drink beer y y to read so it was also o verbs so this is Mu so we have the M line let's think about the hirana M line so before Mo we have me so Mo changes into me so our word stem is Yumi Yumi so for present affirmative we add M so we have Yumi Yumi and for negative we add so we have Yen Yen very good example sentence or Y or Y I will read a book hon Han means a book hanas hanas to speak to talk now let's think is it U verb RB I give you five seconds yes so it was verb so so this is s line let me think about here I got an S line we have so before Su we have sh so hanu will change into Han hanashi hanashi will be word stem so hanashi plus Mas is present affirmative hanim and when we addim very good example sentence I will speak in Japanese is Japanese our next verb is to listen Okay give you five seconds again verb so this is K line so so will change into K Kiki so Kiki is our word stem so Kiki plus M we have Kik Kiki present affirmative Kiki plus Masen we will have kikim kikim present negative example sentence I will listen to musicak is music our next verb is to go now let's think about this one again this is also U verb so K line we have before so our stem will change into so I I so we have ikim and ikim very good example sentence I will go to workot Shoto means work or job to return let's think about this one also U verb so R will change into because it's not Ru verb it's U verb so our stem will be Ki so K plus will be K present affirmative present negative will be example sentence it's when will you return when will you come back means when to do now let's think what type of verb is this yes this is our irregular verb to do so sheas affirmative negative sheim we can only memorize this one there are no rules for it example sentence means every day un exercise so I exercise every day un means to exercise Kuru Kuru to come what type of verb is this again this is our irregular verb to come affirmative form would be K negative form would be k Kim example sentence I will come to the party party party is party now let's talk about verb types in the present tense so I told you that sometimes can sound as if the present tense sounds as future tense in English now let's think why so we can separate present tense into two parts the first part would be habitual actions your habits what you do quite often and the second one is future action so let's take a look our first sentence what often sushi eat so I often eat sushi is our habit right we eat it quite often so it's our present action you know our habit another example can be John John sometimes dinner doesn't eat so sometimes John doesn't eat dinner okay now if we're talking about future actions how can a present tense sound like a future action let's read the example tomorrow oaka City in Japan Osaka ikas will go so to go so I will go to Osaka tomorrow we translate it as future tense because it has the verb tomorrow okay our next sentence is boyfriend today home will not come back will not return so boyfriend will not come home today will not come back home today okay so we know it's also future action so these are the cases when you know it might sound as future tense but it's still the present tense okay now let's talk about particles so I think you have noticed already that very often we use some particles here okay so let's take a look at this sentence te Nas drink okay so if I want to say I will drink tea I need to insert this particle or here because particle o points out our object okay points out our object and what action do we take on the object so let's say we have tea do we drink it do we look at it do we buy it we need to identify what action do we take on it so in between the noun and the verb we need particle o okay our next sentence is movie M watch okay movie so what will I do with the movie I will watch it so I need o in between in between the object and the verb and our last one is music listen so what will I do with music I will listen to it and again we need particles or very good now we also sometimes use particle day when do we use particle that let's take a look so we have e house H book will read the book so where will I read the book I need to identify the location where am I located at and what am I doing so okay I know that I'm reading a book but where am I reading a book at home so I need to write particle day here so would be okay same goes with cafe cafe cafe coffee shop where okay same goes for cafe or coffee shop Cafe Cafe I will drink coffee where will I drink it at the coffee shop so I would write there here and our last sentence is toan Library study so where will I study at the library okay yes you can see that we will write particle day everywhere okay and also particle knee is very very important let's take a look so so we have Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo the city right ikas will go where will I go I will go to Tokyo so now there is a slight difference between the particle Dev we have just discussed in particle KN do you remember it so particle there we use it when we are already in the location we are there and we're doing some action there okay particle knee we use it with motion verbs so we are moving towards some location but we are not there yet so here we would need to [Music] write very good our second sentence is University and again to go so where will I go I will go to university our third sentence is home will not return will not come back so where will I not come back I will not come back home and our last two examples are with ours so first one is J Jun 12:00 neas will sleep so at what time I will go to bed at what time I will go to sleep at 12:00 so and our last one is I 1:00 I I will meet when will I meet at 1:00 so we would use knee everywhere very good and also we have particle a e it's quite similar to particle KN when we're talking about movement towards somewhere so if you use sometimes e instead of only when you are talking about about movement it will be okay or if you use KN instead of when you talk about movement okay well when we talk about ours we can only use KN okay so let's look at these examples so today University will not go where will I not go today to University so I would write a if you would write n it would also be correct our second sentence is home K will not return where will I not return I will not return home could also be perfect now about a it is a bit more vague so if I say I will not come back home or I will come back home it's a bit more vague and knee is a bit more strong okay okay so let's talk about time references so when we have day of the week like Monday Tuesday Wednesday Etc hour like 1:00 2:00 or month we will use KN KN particle is very important example sentence Wednesday IAS will meet when will I meet I will meet on Wednesday we have particle KN our second example [Music] is December will return so when will I return When Will I come back in December and our last example is 7:00 so when will I return at 7:00 particle KN is very important okay and let's talk about the verb this this it can be B is R affirmative form of this verb is this in present tense this negative form in present tense can be Janis Janis or de deis they are both the same deanis sounds a little bit more soft that's the only difference example sentence of affirmative with this G this G say this I a student or someone is a student because it's not said who and negative would be or I'm not a student pendis pendis it's a pen pis pidis or p p it's not a pen you have worked so hard and you have finished one of the most important lessons of of this course you have learned the present tense of verbs and how to conjugate them in the present tense it's very important so congratulations and I'll see you in our next lesson [Music]