Verbs 101

[Elgin]

I hope this hasn`t been asked, I did a search and found none.

I need a lesson in verbs, can someone give ma a simple explanation without kanji or katakana on how to use verbs and all their forms. I have no idea how they look like so please list them for me.

I found this site Japanese Verbs - Introduction and Table of Contents on google can someone confirm if this is all correct?

 

[Elizabeth]

It looks fine to me. Conjugation building from the 5 base forms as a structured approach before having to memorize the verbs in each class. But isn't this what they're supposed to be teaching you ? How it is possible to get by at all without knowing these ? :?

 

[blessed]

wooow, that looks like a heck of a lot to learn. This language is going to take for ever.

 

[Elizabeth]

wooow, that looks like a heck of a lot to learn. This language is going to take for ever.

If you're interested in picking up elementary conversational patterns first buy any phrase/guidebook or introductory text and begin with the 'talking about yourself' dialogues.

*7 or 8 word sentences to jump start your natural speech.*

どうして日本語を勉強していますか？ (Why are you studying Japanese?)
希望がかなうといいですね。 (I hope your wish comes true).
がんばってね。

 

[Elgin]

woo it aint that bad were not learning french verbs here lol.

I`ve only been in Japanese high school for one month and I knew nothing when I got here so they taught me hiragana, how to count, some words.

Alright I`m going all out on this, I`ve got one month of natsu yasumi left before I get back to school so I want to know how verbs work. (is that even possible?)

alright then I`m gonna buy a case of ripobitan D faitooo!

 

[Dan B]

Luc,

Best of luck in your studies! And thanks for posting that link. It seems to be just the kind of summary I've been looking for!

がんばって。

Dan

 

[kisu]

That's exactly what I've been searching for, thank you so much! *kiss*

~Kisu