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I having a little trouble on the inflections on some verbs. Could somebody please give me a list of some? (ex. The character ら is used instead of る).
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OK, a few samples then.
There are 3 classes of verbs, and each has its own conjugation rules (Except class III which consists of irregular verbs with no fixed conjugation pattern). Conjugation is achieved by changing the vowel associated with the last character in the verb (for class I verbs) or changing the verb ending (class II verbs).
Class I verbs
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入る - to enter
入らない - not to enter
入った - entered
聞く - to ask
聞かない - not to ask
聞いた - asked
Class II verbs
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見る - to see
見ない - not to see
見た - saw
食べる - to eat
食べない - not to eat
食べた - ate
Class III verbs
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する - to do
しない - not to do
した - did
くる - to come
こない - not to come
きた - came
There are 3 classes of verbs, and each has its own conjugation rules (Except class III which consists of irregular verbs with no fixed conjugation pattern). Conjugation is achieved by changing the vowel associated with the last character in the verb (for class I verbs) or changing the verb ending (class II verbs).
Class I verbs
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入る - to enter
入らない - not to enter
入った - entered
聞く - to ask
聞かない - not to ask
聞いた - asked
Class II verbs
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見る - to see
見ない - not to see
見た - saw
食べる - to eat
食べない - not to eat
食べた - ate
Class III verbs
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する - to do
しない - not to do
した - did
くる - to come
こない - not to come
きた - came
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zomg, an actual Japanese question!
I was about to type up a long ass expansion of SS's answer, but typing through Google reveals this:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/jgrammar/gra ... /index.htm
Very, very handy.
If you have any other questions after that, we'll try to answer them.
By the by, changed the title of the topic since conjugation is, I think, the more conventional name for what you're asking.
I was about to type up a long ass expansion of SS's answer, but typing through Google reveals this:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/jgrammar/gra ... /index.htm
Very, very handy.
If you have any other questions after that, we'll try to answer them.
By the by, changed the title of the topic since conjugation is, I think, the more conventional name for what you're asking.