Japanese Verbs - Verb Conjugations

last post i was write a lot of useful phrase, because some phrase use verb, and in Japanese verbs will change depend on usage, it's become problem if we doesn't know about verb change and verb conjugations in Japanese,

in Verb conjugations, japanese verbs divide into 3 groups, we called group 1,2 and group 3, here a brief explanation for each groups
actually and usually when we learning Japanese use masu form, like tabemasu, kakimasu, nomimasu, akimasu etc, why because it's polite. beside that form, various form in japanese verb are, te form,dictionary form, ta form, syou from, and others

Groups 1
all Japanese verbs that end with i vowels like ki, i, ri, shi, chi,mi, etc, before masu, include groups 1,but just very litle exception like mimasu (groups 2)
here the sample
kakimasu - write
nomimasu -drink
kikimasu listen
arimasu - have, exist
kashimasu - give to borrow
machimasu - wait
kaimasu - buy
furimasu - rain is drop
yomimasu - read
araimasu - wash
hairimasu - enter (room)
ikimasu - going to
asobimasu - playing

Groups 2
all Japanese verbs that end with e vowels like, ke, me, re, te, he, etc before masu in masu form is groups 2, except mimasu, abimasu, imasu, kimasu( have vowels i but include groups 2)
example
tabemasu - to eat
misemasu - give sea some think
abimasu - get shower
akemasu - open
dekimasu - able to
demasu - out
imasu - exist (for human, and animal)
kaemasu - change
kakemasu - make a phone call
kangaemasu - think
kimasu - wear ( clothes)
kuremasu - give (to me)
nemasu - sleep
yamemasu - stop ( from comapany, school etc)

Groups 3
all verb that end with shimasu, or verb that at end always using word shimasu,is group 3, here for example
shimasu - doing
benkyou shimasu - learning, studying
jisshu shimasu - practice
kengaku shimasu - looking at factory
kimasu - come (exception)
shoukai shimasu - introducing (some one)
sooji shimasu - cleaning
unten shimasu - ride a car
kekkon shimasu - get married

you must not forget those rule, becouse is important when we change a verb from other form to another form

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