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Godan verbs as volitional

Godan verbs as volitional

Oct 22, 20251 min read

Godan verbs are made volitional by performing an お-stem transformation and appending the volitional helper verb.1

Example

買う (buy) → 買おう (lets buy)

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買う is transformed by transforming from the う-stem to the お-stem. う is then appended to make it into the volitional form.

Footnotes

  1. Japanese from Scratch (7.5) ↩


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  • 7.5. Japanese conjugation made easy! The super-simple key to all conjugations
  • Godan verb お-stem
  • う (volitional)

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