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Japanese verbs
EnglishDictionary
formRoot form
Please do X.-te kudasai
I don’t do X.-nai
Please don’t do X.-naide kudasai
do suru shi- Shite kudasai Shinai Shinaide kudasai
study benkyoo o suru benkyoo o shi- Benkyoo o shite kudasai Benkyoo o shinai Benkyoo o shinaide kudasai
work shigoto o suru shigoto o shi- Shigoto o shite kudasai Shigoto o shinai Shigoto o shinaide kudasai
take a nap hirune o suru hirune o shi Hirune o shite kudasai Hirune o shinai Hirune o shinaide kudasai
come kuru ki- Kite kudasai konai Konaide kudasai
eat taberu tabe- Tabete kudasai tabenai Tabenaide kudasai
sleep neru ne- Nete kudasai nenai Nenaide kudasai
forget wasureru wasure- Wasurete kudasai wasurenai Wasurenaide kudasai
remember oboeru oboe- Oboete kudasai oboenai Oboenaide kudasai
teach oshieru oshie- Oshiete kudasai oshienai Oshienaide kudasai
check (check on the
Internet, check in the
dictionary)
shiraberu shirabe- Shirabete kudasai shirabenai Shirabenaide kudasai
give a message
to someonetsutaeru tsutae- Tsutaete kudasai tsutaenai Tsutaenaide kudasai
Important points:There are only 5 vowels in Japanese (ba-bi-bu-be-bo), and each vowel is always one full syllable. Even if two vowels come next to each other, you have to
pronounce them independently. For example, “iu” is a 2-syllable word, pronounced “i–u” (sounds like “ee-you”), and “oboeru” is a 4-syllable word, “o-bo-e-
ru”, and “hirune” is 3 syllables, pronounced “heee-rooo-neh”, not “hiroon”. The root form of “iu” is “ii” and that is also a 2-syllable word: “i-i” (sounds like “ee-
ee”, NOT like a big long “eeeeeeee” sound).
There are several verb groups, but let’s start with verbs ending in “eru”. You can master those really quickly.
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Japanese follows grammatical rules with few exceptions (no weird rules or weird spelling, like English has). However, there are TWO verbs that do not
follow the rules: “suru” (do) and “kuru” (come).