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Basic vocabulary: Basic verbs 1

You will learn Basic verbs such as "to go", "to do", "to eat", etc.


1. Learn the words and phrases below.
2. Listen to and repeat each word after the voice.
3. Practice each word until you memorize.
4. Try to use your Japanese to your friends, your colleagues or shop clerks, etc.


1. Learning List for Unit 14

No.English Japanese voice
1.to go ikimasu
2.(I) will not go~. ikimasen
3.(I) went ikimashita
4.(I) didn't go. ikimasendeshita
5.to come kimasu
6.to return kaerimasu
7.to eat tabemasu
8.to drink nomimasu
9.to buy kaimasu
10.to see mimasu
11.to listen kikimasu
12.to write kakimasu
13.to read yomimasu
14.to wait machimasu
15.to meet aimasu
16.to work hatarakimasu
17.to play sports supôtsu o shimasu
18.to study benkyô shimasu
19.to do shimasu


Basic verbs 1


2. Verb Forms of polite styles

A predicate conjugates according to whether it is (1) affirmative or negative and (2) non-past or past.

Ex: ikimasu (to go)

non-past, present past
affirmative ikimasu ikimashita
negative ikimasen ikimasendeshita


In Japanese, words are not inflected for person, gender or number.
1. Watashi wa ikimasu. ----- I go (to ~).

2. Watashi-tachi wa ikimasu. ----- We go (to ~).

3. Kare wa ikimasu. ----- He goes (to ~).

4. Kanojo wa ikimasu. ----- She goes (to ~).


3. Sentence structure of verbs

A predicate always comes at the end of a sentence.

Examples 1: ikimasu, kimasu, kaerimasu

 1. Watashi wa ashita depâto ni ikimasu. (I will go to a department store tomorrow.)

2. Watashi wa kinô depâto ni ikimashita. (I went to a department store yesterday.)

wa: topic marker
ni : destination marker


Examples 2: tabemasu, nomimasu, mimasu, etc.

1. Watashi wa maiasa pan to tamago o tabemasu.(Every morning I eat bread and an egg.)

2. Watashi wa kôhî o nomimasen. (I don't drink coffee.)

3. Sumisu-san wa eiga o mimasu. (Mr. Smith watches a movie.)

wa: topic marker
o : direct object marker



Basic verbs 2

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