Scenes where verb conjugation is used
動詞の活用が使われる場面

Reference from the Japan Foundation

- Japanese subtitles -

最後に、「活用が使われている場面」です。

では、会話を見てみましょう。

「会社の人に相談してみてもいいですか。」

「国へ帰ろうと思っています。」

「申し込みをしなければなりませんか。」

「アンジェラさんは日本の夏祭りに参加したことがありますか。」

「この辺に何かメッセージを書くといいですよ。」

このように、文型に応じて、動詞を活用させて使います。

- Tips -

When you first start studying Japanese, learning verbs seems very easy. Verbs in the present, past, affirmative, and negative forms are the same up to the “のみます nomimas”.

However, various forms such as “drink,” “not drink,” and “drank” appear, and only up to “のむ nom” (or up to “の no” in the case of “drank”) is the invariant part of the verb kept.

Therefore, it is important to learn how to change these verbs. It may seem difficult, but it is not difficult at all if you follow the rules and get used to them.

Let me advise you on a few points today.

There are not many verb variants, if only the basic ones. Among them, the following four forms are the most basic. Let’s take “drink” and “eat” as examples.

(1) Dictionary form (e.g., “drink” and “eat”) 辞書形（例「飲む」「食べる」）
(2) Masu form (e.g., “drink”, “eat”) マス形（例「飲みます」「食べます」）
(3) Nai form (e.g., “do not drink”, “do not eat”) ナイ形（例「飲まない」「食べない」）
(4) Te form (e.g. “drink”, “eat”) テ形（例「飲んで」「食べて」）