Here are some commonly used verbs.
Verb conjugations
|
Positive | Negative |
Non-past |
---ます |
---ません |
Past |
---ました |
---ませんでした |
Verbs (non-past = present,
future, habitual):
|
Positive |
Negative |
To wake up |
おき |
おき |
To sleep |
ね |
ね |
To eat (breakfast, lunch, supper) |
たべ |
たべ |
To watch, to look, to see
(TV, movie, DVD, nyuusu) |
み |
み |
To leave, to go out, to attend (class) |
で |
で |
To come |
き |
き |
To go |
いき |
いき |
To write (card, letter) |
かき |
かき |
To listen (music, CD, rajio) |
きき |
きき |
To buy |
かい |
かい |
To meet, to see (people) |
あい |
あい |
To go home |
かえり |
かえり |
To read (book, magazine, e-mail, newspaper) |
よみ |
よみ |
To drink (coffee, tea, green tea, juice, alcohol, beer, wine) |
のみ |
のみ |
To take a rest, to be absent (from class) |
やすみ |
やすみ |
To talk (with a friend) |
はなし |
はなし |
To do, to play (sports or games) |
し |
し |