Verb Suffixes in Japanese That a Japanese Learner Must Know
Japanese is an agglutinative language which mean in Japanese there are affixes that can modify the meaning of a word. In this post, we will discuss the some suffixes that can be attached to the Japanese verb that Japanese learner must know. Basic Verb Form In Japanese basic verbs can be categorized into three. -Ichidan Verbs The verbs that end in -eru or -iru. Example: 食べる (taberu) and 居る(iru) -Godan Verbs Any other verbs other than the Ichidan and irregular verbs. Example: 行 く (iku) and 泳 ぐ (oyogu) -Irregular Verb Consist of する(suru) and 来る(kuru) Depending on the context, basic verb form can be used for something similar to simple present tense or future tense. To make the basic verb polite, we can change the ending into -masu for ichidan verbs, and -(i)masu for godan verb. For suru it will be shimasu and for kuru it will 来ます/kimasu. Example: ichidan verb 食べる 🠆 食べます taberu 🠆 tabemasu godan ...