U - verbs Flashcards
to go (destination に/へ)
いく
to go back; to return (destination に/へ)
かえる (kaeru)
to listen; to hear (~を)
きく
to drink (~を)
のむ (nomu)
to speak; to talk (language を/で)
はなす (話す)
to read (~を)
よむ (yomu)
to meet/see a person
[person] に あう
there is ~
~ が ある (see p.77)
to write/draw
かく (書く = writing, 描く = drawing) (わたし わ [person*] に [what’s written] を 書く)
to take (pictures)
(~ を) とる
to wait
(person/service を) まつ (待つ)
to understand
(~ が) わかる
to speak (slightly less formal than “hanasu”)
しゃべる
to hurry
いそぐ (急ぐ)
to swim
およぐ (泳ぐ)
to die
しぬ (死ぬ)
to stand up
たつ (立つ)
to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
あそぶ (遊ぶ)
to buy
かう (買う)
walk
あるく (歩く)
to use
つかう (使う)
to take (sth/photo/measure/lunch); to record; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to catch; to adopt (method)
とる (lots of kanji depending on what’s taken)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located
ある (有る)
to turn back (e.g. half-way) // to return; to go back // to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned
もどる (戻る)
to be aware of; to know; to experience; to concern
しる (知る - kanji: know, wisdom)
to kill
ころす (殺す)
to cry; to weep; to sob
なく (泣く)
think / judge / imagine /expect…
おもう (思う)
take out / reveal / submit…
だす (出す)
to recall; to remember; to recollect (lit “pull out a thought”)
おもいだす (思います (think) + 出します (take out)) - It’s different from “oboeru”, since it’s more like “I just recalled” an not like “I know this by heart”
to make, to manufacture, to build / to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol) / to cultivate
つくる (作る) - Me corrigieron “すし を しました” por “すし を つくりました” (tal vez es como did vs made?)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach // to be compensated; to make up for one’s losses
おいつく (追いつく)
to open (e.g. doors) // to open (e.g. business, etc.) // to be vacant; to be available; to be free
あく (開く). Close is あける or とじる (Ru verbs) btw
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
なる (成る)
to lose; to be defeated
まける (負ける)
to ask (a person)
(person に) きく (聞く)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark // to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; to ride
のる (乗る)
to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study
やる (遣る)
to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose
はなす (放す)
to say; to utter; to declare // to name; to call (estilo, cómo se llama x cosa?)
いう (言う)
to sit; to squat
座ります (すわる)
to cure; to heal // to fix; to correct; to repair
なおす (治す)
to play, to enjoy oneself, to have a good time
あそぶ (遊ぶ)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
いそぐ (急ぐ)
to return (something); to restore; to put back
かえす (返す)
to erase; to delete; to cross out // to turn off power // to extinguish; to put out
けす (消す)
to help
てつだう (手伝う)
to enter
はいる (入る)
to hold (in one’s hand); to take; to carry
もつ (持つ)
to be absent; to take a day off // to rest; to have a break
やすむ (休む)
to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge
下ろす (おろす)
to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo
外す (はずす)
to be saved; to be rescued; to survive // to escape harm; to be spared damage // to be helped; to be saved trouble
たすかる (助かります)
