5. Japanese verb groups and the te-form

Index

• 00:05 - There are three verb groups in Japanese. Verb groups only effect the way that verbs are changed into different forms.
• 00:20 - The first verb group in Japanese is called “ichidan” which end in -いる　or -える (any い or え row kana plus る).
• 00:44 - To change an ichidan verb you simply remove the -る on the end and attach what you want.
• 01:03 - The second verb group is “godan” and it covers all of the possible verb endings. Verbs that end in いる or える may sometimes on rare occasions be godan verbs instead of ichidan.
• 02:03< - The third verb group is “irregular” verbs. There are only three irregular verbs (くる, いく and する).
• 03:20 - Godan (five-level) verbs can end in 5 different ways.
• 03:40 - The first godan ending group is “うつる”. This group consists of verbs ending in う, つ, or る. They are transformed into the て or た form by removing this character and replacing it with って or った.
• 04:25 - 笑う → 笑って / 持つ → 持って
• 05:06 - The second godan ending group is “ぬぶむ”. This group consists of verbs ending in ぬ, ぶ, and む. To transform them to the て or た form their ending is removed and replaced with んで or んだ.
• 06:39 - The third and fourth godan groups are similar and can essentially be grouped together. The groups are く and ぐ. く is transformed to いて or いた, ぐ turns into いで or いだ.
• 06:55 - 歩く → 歩いて / 歩いた; 泳ぐ → 泳いで　/ 泳いだ.
• 07:38 - The fifth and final group is す. Verbs ending in す transform to して or した.
• 08:04 - 話す → 話して / 話した.
• 08:28 - For the irregular verbs, くる (come) becomes きて/きた, する (do) becomes して/した, and いく (go) turns into いって.