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LESSON NOTES

Learn Japanese Grammar Video Absolute Beginner S1 #13


Using Verbs in Japanese

CONTENTS
2
2
2
2
2
3
3

Kanji
Kana
Romanization
English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar

13

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KANJI
1.

KANA
1.

ROMANIZATION
1.

Watashi wa niku wo tabemasu.

ENGLISH
1.

I eat meat.

VOCABULARY
Kanji

Kana

R omaji

English

imto

younger sister

tsukau

to use; V1

nomu

to drink;V1

miru

to see, to watch, to
look ; V2

hanasu

to speak, to talk; V1

sushi

sushi

niku

meat

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otto

younger brother

taberu

to eat; V2

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Imto ga imasu.

Pasokon o tsukau.

I have a younger sister.

I'll use a PC.

Watashi wa, asa, orenji jsu o nomu.

Densha no naka kara fujisan o mimashita.

I drink orange juice in the morning.

I saw Mt. Fuji from the train.

Kare wa Ei-go to Nihon-go o hanashimasu.

Sushi wa, Nihon no daihy-teki na tabemono da.

He speaks English and Japanese.

Sushi is a typical Japanese food.

Kore wa niku desu.

Watashi no otto wa jnarisuto desu.

This is meat.

My younger brother is a journalist.

Oyatsu o mainichi taberu.


I eat snacks every day.

GRAMMAR
T he Focus of T his Le sson Is Using Ve rbs in Japane se

Making Pre se nt Te nse Ve rbs in Japane se

Just as with imasu and arimasu, the polite/formal form of present tense verbs in Japanese
ends with -masu. Compared to European languages such as English, French, and German,
Japanese verbs are very easy because they don't change form depending on who the verb

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is talking about. For example, in English, we say "he eats" but "they eat" (no "-s"). In
Japanese, "he eats" is tabemasu (), while "they eat" is also tabemasu ().
The verb ending stays the same!
Plain f orm

Masu Form

"English"

taberu
()

tabemasu
()

"eat"

nomu
( )

nomimasu
()

"drink"

hanasu
()

hanashimasu
()

"speak"

miru
()

mimasu
()

"see"/"watch"

tsukau
()

tsukaimasu
()

"use"

Sample Se nt e nce s

1.
2.

3.

4.

Watashi wa t abe masu.



"I eat."

Kare wa t abe masu.

"He eats."
Watashitachi wa t abe masu.

"We eat."

Talking about Doing an Act ion Using Pre se nt Te nse Ve rbs

Now we're going to look at how to make a sentence in Japanese describing an action
involving an object or a thing.
Se nt e nce Pat t e rn

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[subje ct /pe rson] wa [obje ct /t hing] o [ve rb]


( o-mizu ) + ( o ) + ( nomimasu ) = "[some one ] drinks wat e r"
Subje ct /
Pe rson

Teir
()

Kaori (
)
watashi
()

Imto (
)

Ot to (
)

wa

wa ()

wa ()

wa ()

wa ()

wa ()

Obje ct /
T hing

sushi ()

o ()

mizu
()
nihon-go
()

terebi
()

konpy ta
(
)

o ()

o ()

o ()

o ()

Ve rb

"English"

tabemas
u. (
)

"Taylor
eats
sushi."

nomimas
u.
(
)

"Kaori
drinks
water."

hanashim
asu. (
)

"I speak
Japanese.
"

mimasu.
()

tsukaimas
u. (
)

"My
younger
sister
watches
TV."
"My
younger
brother
uses the
compute
r."

You already learned that wa () marks the subject of a sentence in Japanese, but let's
have a quick reminder of what wa does. literally means "as for [subject/person]." When
you see right after a word, you know that the sentence is going to be about that word.
For Example :
1.

sara wa banana o tabemasu

literally, "As for Sarah, she eats bananas." = "Sarah eats bananas."

You may not have seen wo () before. Sometimes we write wo () as wo but we


pronounce it as ["o"]. It comes between the noun and the verb in a sentence and tells you

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what is done to the object.


Sample Se nt e nce s

1.

2.

3.

Watashi wa niku o tabemasu.

"I eat meat."


(Anata wa) niku o tabemasu ka.
()
"Do you eat meat?" *Anata = "you"
Ot to wa eigo o hanashimasu.

"My younger brother speaks English." * Eigo = "English language"

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