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Japanese Grammar 107 – Ichidan Verbs

Ichidan verbs

The dictionary form of the ‘ichidan verbs’ ends in ­iru or­eru. They are called ‘ichidan’ (1 base) verbs because the base doesn’t change.


Miru (to see, to look)
Mi negative base
Mi indefinite base
Mi positive / colloquial base
Mi conditional / imperative
Mi volitive base

Examples:

Kanojyo wa eiga o minai (mi+nai) – She doesn’t watch the film
Kanojyo wa eiga o mimasu (mi+masu)- She watches the film (formal)
Kanojyo wa eiga o miru (mi+ru) – She watches the film (colloquial form)
Kanojyo wa eiga o mireru (mi+reru) – She can watch the film
Eiga o miō (mi+ō) – Let’s watch a film

Taberu (to eat)

Watashi wa ringo o tabenai (tabe+nai) – I don’t eat apples
Watashi wa ringo o tabemasu (tabe+masu) – I eat apples
Watashi wa ringo o taberu (tabe+ru) – I eat apples
Watashi wa ringo o tabereru (tabe+reru) – I can eat apples
Ringo o tabeyō. (tabe+yō) – Let’s eat an apple

EXERCISE: 107 Ichidan Verbs | NEXT: 108 The positive, negative and interrogative sentence

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103 Prepositions wa, ga, no, o, mo
104 Prepositions he, ni, de, to, kara, made, ka
105 Existential Verbs
106 Godan Verbs
107 Ichidan Verbs
108 Positive, negative and interrogative sentence
109 Past and Present of verbs
110 Irregular Verbs
111 Verb + Tai Desu

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101 Personal Pronouns
102 Demonstrative pronouns
103 Prepositions wa, no, o, mo, ga
104 Prepositions he,ni,de,to,kara,made,ka
105 Existential Verbs
106 Godan Verbs
107 Ichidan Verbs
108 Positive, Negative and Interrogative sentence
109 Present and Past of Verbs
110 Irregular Verbs
111 Verb + Tai Desu
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103 Prepositions wa, no, o, mo
104 Prepositions he, ni, de, to, kara, made, ka
105 Imasu, Arimasu
106 Godan Verbs
107 Ichidan Verbs
108 Positive, Negative and Interrogative sentence
109 Past and Present of Verbs
110 Irregular Verbs
111 Verb + Tai Desu
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