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Should know The Most Frequent Japanese Verbs_2 #101-#150

Updated: Nov 28

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The Most Frequent Japanese Verbs_2 #101-#150
The Most Frequent Japanese Verbs_2 #101-#150



This episode continues the previous one: The 100 Most Frequent Japanese Verbs Part 1. This one is Part 2; you will learn another 50 frequent Japanese verbs from 101-150. You will also learn the Verb MASU Form and the Verb Dictionary Form. Let me explain what the difference between Masu Form and Dictionary Form is.



First of all, we must place verbs at the end of sentences. Do you remember the rule?


Next, the Masu form is the Polite form. It doesn't matter who the subject is or who the agent is; the matter is WHO YOU ARE TALKING WITH.


You will use the Masu form when talking with your clients, teachers, and unknown people. In other words, you don't use the Masu form when talking with your family and friends. You will use the Plain form with your family and friends.



Let's conjugate the Masu form. It's straightforward, and this ease is one of the reasons you will learn the Masu form first.

For example, to eat


  • Present positive: tabe-Masu 食べます

  • Present negative: tabe-Masen 食べません

  • Past positive: tabe-Mashita 食べました

  • Past negative: tabe-Masendeshita 食べませんでした


It's very easy, right?



So, what is the Plain form?

We use the Plain Form for many things, like Relative sentences, subordinate clauses of indirect speech, and casual speech when talking with our family and friends.


Now, let's see the conjugation of the Plain Form: to eat


Present positive: taberu 食べる [Dictionary Form]

Present negative: tabenai 食べない [Nai Form]

Past positive: tabeta 食べた [Ta Form]

Past negative: tabenakatta 食べなかった[Nakatta Form]


All four forms are called the Plain Form, and the present positive of the Plain form is called the Dictionary Form, which you find in dictionaries. That's the reason why they are called the Dictionary Form.


Taberu is the Dictionary Form, Tebenai is the Nai Form, Tabeta is the Ta Form, and Tabenakatta is the Nakatta Form.



In this episode, you will learn the Masu and Dictionary Forms.


Let's get started!




↓↓↓50 Verbs are here in the transcript↓↓↓




This episode is for Japanese A1=N5/N4 learners. 

Don't only listen to the audio, repeat what you hear while listening! Move your mouth!


 

Nanami Yoshihara

Hi! I'm Nanami. I'm a Japanese teacher and run this website. 




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