Informal Verbs (incomplete)

Question 1

ジョンさんは テレビを まいにち みます

ジョンさんは テレビを まいにち みる

Answer 1

John watches tv every day (polite)

John watches tv every day (informal)

Question 2

みます

Answer 2

みる - to see

Question 3

たべます

Answer 3

たべる - to eat

Question 4

よみます

Answer 4

よむ - to read

Question 5

かいます

Answer 5

かう - to buy

Question 6

ひきます

Answer 6

ひく - to play

Question 7

Conjugating rules:

Kami Ichidan (upper one-level)

Shimo Ichidan (Lower one-level)

Godan (Five Level)

Answer 7

(dropper) Final character is dropped when conjugating
(dropper) functionally identical to the above
(changer) final character morphs into a nearby one

Question 8

Ichidan Verbs:

たべる

Answer 8

Dictionary form final character is dropped, masu is added in its place

たべます

Question 9

うける

Answer 9

うけます- to undergo

Question 10

きる

Answer 10

きます- to come

Question 11

でる

Answer 11

でます- to come out / to have

Question 12

はめる

Answer 12

はめます - to put on, to envelope, to do the do

Question 13

はれる

Answer 13

はれて
- to clear up
はれます

ru and te forms work the same way

Question 14

te forms and ru forms:

うける

きる

でる

はめる

Answer 14

うけて

きて

でて

はめて

Question 15

Rule about ichidan verbs:

Answer 15

They always end in ru

Question 16

Informal form of ましょう:

Answer 16

よう

Question 17

みる - Dictionary form

Answer 17

みよう - “lets do” form

Question 18

たべる - Dictionary form

Answer 18

たべよう- “lets do” form

Question 19

まりこさん、 あした すしを たべましょう

まりこさん、 あした すしを たべょう

Answer 19

mariko tomorrow lets eat sushi (formal)

mariko tomorrow lets eat sushi (informal)

Question 20

ジョンさん、 えいがを みましょうか

ジョンさん、 えいがを みようか

Answer 20

John, shall we watch a movie? (formal)

John, shall we watch a movie? (informal)

Question 21

Positive, Present tense, informal ichidan:

Answer 21

Dictionary form (ru)

Question 22

Negative, Present tense, informal ichidan:

Answer 22

Drop (ru), add (nai)

Question 23

Positive, Past tense, informal ichidan:

Answer 23

Drop (ru), add (ta)

Question 24

Negative, Past tense, informal ichidan:

Answer 24

Drop (ru), add (nakatta)

Question 25

まりこさんは あした レストランで たべる

Answer 25

Mariko will eat at a restaurant tomorrow

Question 26

だいどころで ねずみを みた。

Answer 26

I saw a mouse in the kitchen

Question 27

ひるごはんを いちじはんに たべた。

Answer 27

I ate lunch at half past one

Question 28

わたしは スポーツの テレビ みない

Answer 28

I don't watch sports TV

Question 29

ジョンさんは やさいを たべない

Answer 29

John doesn't eat vegetables

Question 30

みない みなかった

Answer 30

I don't see it I didn't see it

Question 31

なかった and ない

Answer 31

work exactly the same way they do with adjectives

Question 32

ジョンさんは まいにち ラーメンを たべる

Answer 32

John eats ramen every day

Question 33

あした まりこさんは えいがを みる

Answer 33

Tomorrow, Mariko will watch a movie

Question 34

きのう スーパーマーケットで せんせいを みた。

Answer 34

I saw my teacher at the supermarket yesterday

Question 35

おにいちゃんは わたしの アイスクリームを たべた！

Answer 35

Onii-chan ate my ice cream

Question 36

わたしと えいがを みない？

Answer 36

Won't you watch a movie with me?

Question 37

とりは ねこを みなかった

Answer 37

The bird did not see the cat

Question 38

しかし、 ねこは とりを たべなかった。

Answer 38

However, the cat did not eat the bird

Question 39

No ka for questions with informal verbs?

Answer 39

informal verbs with ka are considered gruff, bordering on rude, and generally shouldn't be done except between very close friends the only exception to this is the "lets do" form where ka at the end is acceptable and friendly

Question 40

まりこさんは やきとりを たべなかった？

Answer 40

Didn't Mariko eat the yakitori? (best way to make an informal question is raising the tone of your voice for the end of the sentence (around katta))

Question 41

ichidan verbs already covered: いる - います みる - みます たべる - たべます でる - でます うける - うけます きる - きます はめる - はめます はれる - はれます

Answer 41

To be (animate) to see to eat to come out to receive to wear to put on (be enveloped by) to clear up