Negative Verb Practice Exercises
Vocabulary used in this section
This is the same list of verbs from the previous practice exercise. We will use the same verbs from the last exercise to practice conjugating to the negative tense.
Kanji
I have listed the kanji you will need for the vocabulary for your convenience. The link will take you to a diagram of the stroke order.
However, it doesn't clearly show the direction (though you can kind of tell by the animation) so you should check with a kanji dictionary if you're not sure.
I recommend practicing the kanji in the context of real words (such as the ones below).
I have listed the kanji you will need for the vocabulary for your convenience. The link will take you to a diagram of the stroke order.
However, it doesn't clearly show the direction (though you can kind of tell by the animation) so you should check with a kanji dictionary if you're not sure.
I recommend practicing the kanji in the context of real words (such as the ones below).
Vocabulary
Here is a list of some common verbs you will definitely want to learn at some point.
Here is a list of some common verbs you will definitely want to learn at some point.
- する - to do
- しゃべる - to talk; to chat
- 見る【みる】 - to see
- 来る【くる】 - to come
- 行く【いく】 - to go
- 帰る 【かえる】 - to go home
- 食べる 【たべる】 - to eat
- 飲む 【のむ】 - to drink
- 買う 【かう】 - to buy
- 売る 【うる】 - to sell
- 切る 【きる】 - to cut
- 入る 【はいる】 - to enter
- 出る 【でる】 - to come out
- 持つ 【もつ】 - to hold
- 待つ 【まつ】 - to wait
- 書く【かく】 - to write
- 読む 【よむ】 - to read
- 歩く 【あるく】 - to walk
- 走る 【はしる】 - to run
- 遊ぶ 【あそぶ】 - to play
Practice with Negative Verb Conjugations
We learned how to classify the following verbs in the previous practice exercise. Now, we are going to put that knowledge to use by conjugating the same verbs into the negative tense depending on which type of verb it is. The first answer has been given as an example.
| verb | negative tense |
| 行く | 行かない |
| 出る | 出ない |
| する | しない |
| 買う | 買わない |
| 売る | 売らない |
| 食べる | 食べない |
| 入る | 入らない |
| 来る | こない |
| 飲む | 飲まない |
| しゃべる | しゃべらない |
| 見る | 見ない |
| 切る | 切らない |
| 帰る | 帰らない |
| 書く | 書かない |
How can I now when to treat
How can I now when to treat -ru verbs as -u verbs? Is there a rule or are those exceptions?
In the Negative Verbs
In the Negative Verbs exercises I noticed that some verbs when conjucted negatively that it adds a ら and then the nai why is that? It wasn't mentioned in the lesson is why I'm asking.
if you read carefully you
if you read carefully you will see that while most verbs that end in "iru" and "eru" are "ru-verbs" there are some exceptions (as you have found out) which are in fact u-verbs and require you to change the "u" to an "a"
Some type 1 verbs (in this
Some type 1 verbs (in this guide, labelled as -u verbs) end with る.
When you conjugate them, る becomes ら, following the rule described in this guide.
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