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Polite Form (+ Negative Conjugation)

elementary #7
~ 5 Minutes

Introduction

It's time for you to learn the way of the Japanese verb, young padawan pandawan.

You haven’t been taught any verbs yet and it's time to level up from that! We're not babies, we need grown-up things like verbs, and taxes! This is why in this lesson, you'll be learning more about the two types of verbs in Japanese, as well as how to conjugate them into some fundamental forms. I’ll also give you a few basic verbs to practice with, so get excited!


Godan and ichidan verbs: let's review, shall we?

Just like I taught you in your previous lessons covering verbs in the Introduction section, Japanese has two types of verbs: godan and ichidan. Remember them? What's that!? You don't?! How—no, no, I'm kidding. It's fine! Here's a quick refresher:

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Homework (Grammar SRS)

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