| ひらがな - Hiragana |
Romaji
(English Letters) |
English Meaning |
| Base 1 + な い | Base 1 + nai | plain form negative (will not verb) |
| Base 1 + な か っ た | Base 1 + nakatta | plain form past negative (did not verb) |
| Base 2 + ま す | Base 2 + masu | polite form present/future tense |
| Base 2 + ま し た | Base 2 + mashita | polite form past tense |
| Base 2 + ま せ ん | Base 2 + masen | polite form negative (will not verb) |
| Base 2 + ま せ ん で し た | Base 2 + masen deshita | polite form past negative (did not verb) |
| Base 2 + た い | Base 2 + tai | want to verb (add で す (desu) to make it polite) |
| Base 3 | Base 3 | plain form present/future tense |
| Base 4 + ば | Base 4 + ba | if verb |
| Base 4 + る | Base 4 + ru | plain form can verb (Godan verbs only)
(verb now becomes an Ichidan verb) |
| Base 4 + ま す | Base 4 + masu | polite form can verb (can be changed like above) |
| Base 5 + と す る | Base 5 + to suru | try to verb
(this suru is the same verb learned in lesson 4 (to do something)) |
| Base "te" + 欲 し い | Base "te" + hoshii | want someone else to verb
(hoshii is an adjective which will covered in the next lesson) |
| Base "te" | Base "te" | plain form command |
| Base "te" + 下 さ い | Base "te" + kudasai | polite form command |
| Base "te" + い る | Base "te" + iru | plain form presently verbing
(this iru is the same verb learned in lesson 4 (to exist (animate)) |
| Base "te" + い ま す | Base "te" + imasu | polite form presently verbing (can be changed like above) |
| Base "ta" | Base "ta" | plain form past tense |
| Base "ta" + ら | Base "ta" + ra | if and when I verb (similar to Base 4 + ba) |
| Base "ta" + り す る | Base "ta" + ri suru | do such things as . . .
(this suru is also the same verb learned in lesson 4 (to do something)) |
