Genki Ch 13 Flashcards
What is a potential verb?
To indicate that someone can or has the ability to do something.
How do you make a potential verb of a る verb?
Drop る and add られる
How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in る?
Drop る and add れる
How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in く?
Drop く and add ける
How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in す?
Drop す and add せる
How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in う?
Drop う and add える
How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in ぐ?
Drop ぐ and add げる
How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in ぶ?
Drop ぶ and add べる
How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in つ?
Drop つ and add える
How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in む?
Drop む and add める
How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in ぬ?
Drop ぬ and add ねる
How do you make the potential form of the irregular verb くる?
こられる
How do you make the potential form of the verb する?
できる
How do potential verbs conjugate?
As る verbs.
What is an alternative potential form of a る verb?
Adding れる instead of られる
What is an alternative potential form of くる?
これる
If a verb takes the particle を, what can it take in potential form?
Either を or が
What potential verb only ever takes が?
できる
If you want to give more than one reason for a situation, how do you do that?
(reason) し, (reason) し, (situaton).
What forms should a verb have before taking し?
Short form
What do you add to adjectives to say “it appears” as if a subject has the properties of the adjective?
You add そうです
How do you form a そうです sentence with an い adjective?
Drop the final い and add そうです
How do you form a そうです sentence with an な adjective?
Drop な and add そうです
How do you form a そうです sentence with the adjective いい?
Change the entire thing to よさそうです
How do you make a そうです sentence with a negative adjective?
Take the negative short form and drop ない and add なさそうです
How do you use そうな to qualify a noun?
Put そうな before a noun to say that the noun seems to have certain properties of the adjective.
What helping verb do you use to say you are doing something tentatively or trying something?
Add みる to the て form of a verb
How does みる conjugate?
As a る verb
How do you structure a sentence to indicate that the predicate applies ONLY to A and is not generally more valid?
A なら Predicate
What is the main point of a なら sentence?
Limitation or contrast.
What else does a なら sentence do?
Puts the item it is talking about in a positive light
How does a sentence telling the frequency of an event (such as how many times a week you shampoo) look?
(period) に (frequency) which indicates the frequency per period.
