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Lesson 15 Base 1 + nakereba       Base 1 + nakereba is used to make negative conditional sentences -- what will happen if something doesn't happen. Look at these examples...Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 14 Base 1 + nai deshou Here's an easy one. Adding deshou after nai means that somebody is probably not going to do something, or that something is not likely to happen: John w...Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 13 Base 1 + nai - The Plain Negative Form       Before we look at Base 1, let's quickly review the types of verbs. There are yodan, like kau, iku, matsu, and yomu;...Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 12 Forming Questions with ka         Making questions in Japanese is easy. Unlike English, where you have that silliness of subjects and verbs trading places, ...Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 11 Irregular Verbs kuru and suru         Did something seem amiss with the last example in Lesson 10? I hope so, because it means you noticed that while it looks...Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 10 Base 2 + nasai Add nasai to verbs in Base 2 form for simple commands: Tabenasai! (Eat!) Minasai! (Look!) Yominasai! (Read it!) Iinasai! (Tell me!) Suw...Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 9 Base 2 + mashou Sometimes it's written masho with a line above the o, but either way this one is easy to remember. It simply means "let's (do something)." F...Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 8 Base 2 + takunai / takunai desu These are used to show the opposite of tai and tai desu covered in the last lesson: that you don't want to do something....Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 7 Base 2 + tai / tai desu Another very useful Base 2 ending is tai, which is used to show that you want to do something: Watashi wa kasa o kaitai. (I want to buy an umbrella...Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 6 Base 2 + masen deshita As you recall from Lesson 4, masen shows negative tense. To make that negative past tense we just add deshita. Let's change a few of the examples shown in Les...Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 5 Base 2 + mashita Mashita is used to change verbs to their past polite form. Let's make some examples: John wa Hiroshima ni ikimashita. (John went to Hiroshima.) Kodomotachi wa...Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 4 Base 2 + masen Now that you're a little familiar with Base 2, let's try masen, which is the negative form of masu. Look at these yodan examples: Watashi wa kasa o kaimasen....Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 3 Ichidan Verbs with Base 2 + masu Ichidan verbs are a snap, because you change them to Base 2 by just dropping the ru at the end. Look carefully at these ichidan verbs and how they ...Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 2 Yodan Verbs with Base 2 + masu The first ending you'll want to master is the polite form masu. Since masu requires the Base 2 form, yodan verbs are changed so they end in i -- thei...Baca selengkapnya »

Lesson 1 The Plain Form Please remember that all Japanese verbs end in u, but to be more precise, it's the last syllable of the plain form that ends in u. Let's take the verb aruku, which me...Baca selengkapnya »