JP Verbs

Question 1

What are the 3 groups of verbs?

Answer 1

Group 1 - U, (Includes aru, eru, Iru)
Group 2- Ru (Drop the Ru)
Group 3 - Kuru, Suru

Question 2

What does Kuru mean?

Answer 2

To Come

Question 3

What does Suru mean?

Answer 3

To Do

Question 4

What is the present negative suffix?

Answer 4

Masen
Ex:
Hataraku (Group 1 drop the u, replace with i)
Hataraki (Stem form)
Hatarakimasen (don’t work)

Question 5

What is the present positive suffix? (Also makes the sentence polite)

Answer 5

Masu
Ex:
Yasumu (Group 1 drop the u, replace with i)
Yasumi (Stem form)
Yasumimasu (Take a rest)

Question 6

What is the past positive suffix?

Answer 6

Mashita
Ex:
Owaru (Group 1 drop the u, replace with i)
Owari (Stem form)
Owarimashita (Finished)

Question 7

What is the past negative suffix?

Answer 7

Masen Deshita
Ex:
Iku (Group 1 drop the u, replace with i)
Iki (Stem Form)
Ikimasen Deshita (did not go)

Question 8

What is the typical sentence pattern for Japanese sentences?

Answer 8

[Subject] + [Time/Place] + [Object] + [Verb]
This is typically a consistent pattern, but it will vary of course in native speaking.
But the verb will almost always come last
For time, the gogo/gozen indicator comes first before the hour, and if there’s multiple instances of time then it goes from longest to shortest period.

Question 9

What is the time indicator particle?

Answer 9

Ni
Ex:
Watashi wa maiban kuji |ni| nemasu
(I go to bed at 9:00 every night)

Question 10

What particle connects nouns in coordinate relation?

Answer 10

To (essentially functions as “and”)

Question 11

What suffix indicates the starting time or place?

Answer 11

Kara indicates the starting time or place
(Note it does not have to be paired with made)

Question 12

What suffix indicates the finishing time or place.

Answer 12

Made indicates the finishing time or place.
(Note it does not have to be paired with kara)

Question 13

What particle is attached to the end of a sentence to add feeling to what the speaker says.
It shows the speaker’s sympathy or the speaker’s
expectation that the listener will agree.

Answer 13

Ne
Ex:
Taihen desu ne (That must be hard)

Question 14

When a verb indicates movement to a certain place,
the place is marked with particle?

Answer 14

へ read as e
(Place) e (Moving Verb)

Question 15

How do you denote a statement that is absolutely denied?

Answer 15

Interrogatives + も = Negative Form of Verbs
Nanimo = Nothing

Question 16

What does the ff mean?
Nanimo
Doko e mo
Daremo
Itsu mo

Answer 16

They mean
Nothing
Nowhere
No one
Never (Could also mean Always lmao peak JP)

Question 17

This particle indicates a means or a method.
Vehicles or any means of transportation are
marked with this particle followed by motion verbs

Answer 17

De

Question 18

When you do something with a person (or an animal),
the person (or animal) is marked with the particle?

Answer 18

To
(Noun 1) to (Noun 2) (Verb)
Ex: Kazoku to Nihon e kimashita.

Note if nouns share same type then it is And, but if its the example above then “to” is used to connect