Negative verbs
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話せます hanasemasu - can speak becomes... 分かります wakarimasu - understand becomes... If you can make the -masu form, just drop the す and add the せん。 |
You may have noticed there are no `no` words needed to make a negative like in English. You simply modify the verb`s ending.
To make the negative in the plain, or simple, form by taking the basic stem and adding ない to it.
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With the `ru` verbs you simply drop the
る and add ない as in 忘れる wasureru (to forget)... And for the `u` verbs we change the ending
`u` sound to a `a` sound as in 書く kaku -> 書か... |
Finally we come to する and the other irregular
verbs.
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する is しない in the simple form and しません in
the polite form And 来る kuru is 来ない konai
and 来ません kimasen in the formal... To review the 3 types of verbs click here. |
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