Japanese transformations
Japanese verb conjugation practice
Japanese verbs change their endings to change meaning: 書く → 書いて, 書かない, 書いた. Learn each rule with a table, then practise.
Three verb groups
- Group 1 (u-verbs)
書く書いて
Most verbs: 書く, 飲む, 帰る.
- Group 2 (ru-verbs)
食べる食べて
-iru / -eru verbs. Drop る: 食べる, 見る.
- Group 3 (irregular)
するして
Only する and 来る.
10 conjugation lessons, from basic to advanced
- 01Dictionary & masuPolite ます from the dictionary form, and back.書く書きます
- 02Negatives & tenseない, past negatives and polite negatives.買う買わない
- 03Te, ta & statesThe て and た sound changes, plus ている.泳ぐ泳いで
- 04Adjectives & nounsい- and な-adjectives and nouns in every tense.いいよかった
- 05Verb stems & expressionsたい, ながら, やすい, 方 and んです.読みます読みたい
- 06Potential & volitional“Can do” with れる and “let's do” with よう.読む読める
- 07Conditionals & appearanceば, たら, と, なら and “looks like” そう.おいしいおいしそうです
- 08Requests & prohibitionsてください, must, commands and “don't”.書く書いてください
- 09Passive & causativePassive, causative and “be made to do”.読む読まされる
- 10Keigo & favorsHonorific, humble and giving or receiving favors.読むお読みになります
Explainer video
