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verbs

about verbs

japanese verbs can be classified into 3 groups by its endings.


♡ group 1 ( -u ending)
english	japanese	romaji
to drink	飲む	nomu
to have	持つ	motsu
to go	行く	iku
to speak	話す	hanasu
to read	読む	yomu
to say	言う	iu
to hear	聞く	kiku
to meet	会う	au
to think	思う	omou
* some verbs have -iru or -eru endings which are features of group 2 verbs but those are in group 1 due to its conjugations.
to enter	入る	hairu
to need	要る	iru
to cut	切る	kiru
to run	走る	hashiru
to know	知る	shiru

to go back	帰る	kaeru
to speak, to chat	しゃべる	shaberu

♡ group 3 (irregular verbs)
english	japanese	romaji
to come	来る	kuru
to do	する*	suru
there are only 2 irregular verbs, which are 来る (to come) and する (to do). however, for suru, by combining a noun with the verb suru, it can be made into a verb.
♡ examples
to study	勉強する	benkyou suru
to love	愛する	ai suru
to travel	旅行する	ryokou suru
to read a book	読書する	dokusho suru