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Godan Verb rules
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BASIC RULES INFORMATION
Group 1 / Godan Verb
su
ma
shi
na
ha
su
shi
na
ha
su
na
ha
meaning: to talk/speak (casual)
su
na
ha
はなす
ma
はなし + ます
はなす
meaning: to talk/speak (polite)
はなします
To conjugate the group 1 or godan verb to the polite ます (masu) form. You will need to drop the う (u) syllable of the casual form and change it to the い (i) syllable and finally add ます (masu).
POLITE FORM
い(i) き(ki) し(shi) ち(chi) に(ni) ひ(hi) み(mi) り(ri)
su
ma
shi
na
ha
meaning: to talk/speak (polite)
はなします
su
na
ha
shi
na
ha
meaning: to talk/speak (casual)
su
na
ha
はなす
はなす
はなし
To conjugate the group 1 or godan verb to the casual う (u) form. You will need to drop the ます (masu) of the polite form and change the い (i) syllable to the う (u) syllable.
CASUAL FORM
う(u) く(ku) す(su) つ(tsu) ぬ(nu) ふ(fu) む(mu) ぬ(nu)
na
ka
いか + ない
ki
いき
meaning: to not go
na
ka
いかない
meaning: to go (polite)
To conjugate the group 1 or godan verb to the negative ない (nai) form. You will need to drop the ます (masu) from the verb and change the い (i) syllabe to the あ (syllable) and finally add ない (nai).
su
ma
NEGATIVE FORM
ki
いきます
あ(a) か(ka) さ(sa) た(ta) な(na) は(ha) ま(ma) ら(ra)
su
ma
su
ma
su
ma
su
ma
shi
na
ha
meaning: to talk/speak (polite)
はなします
se
na
ha
meaning: can speak / be able to speak (polite)
se
na
ha
はなせます
shi
na
ha
はなせます
はなします
To conjugate the group 1 or godan verb to the potential える・えます (eru / emasu) form. You will need to drop the last "i" syllable before ます (masu) and change the い (i) syllable to the え (e) syllable of the column.
POTENTIAL FORM
え(e) け(ke) せ(se) て(te) ね(ne) へ(he) め(me) ね(ne)
su
ma
shi
na
ha
so
na
meaning: to talk/speak (polite)
はなします
ha
meaning: let's talk (casual)
so
na
ha
はなそう
shi
na
ha
はなそう
はなし
To conjugate the group 1 or godan verb to the casual volitional form 〜よう (~you) form. You will need to drop the ます (masu), change the い (i) syllable to the お (o) syllable of the column, and add う (u).
VOLITIONAL FORM
お(o) こ(ko) そ(so) と(to) の(no) ほ(ho) も(mo) の(no)