【Japanese Grammar: Form】Verb なForm

How to make なForm

Click here if you don’t know about Japanese verb groups:

• Irregular Verb
• Group 2 (Ichidan verb) and
• Group 1 (Godan verb)

【Japanese Grammar: Verb Group】There are three verb groups in Japanese.

On this page, you can learn what verb groups Japanese has and how you can find what Japanese verb belongs to which verb group.

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2016.09.27

Irregular verb

• します　→　しな
• きます　→　こな

Group 2 (Ichidan verb)

Cut off ます then add な.

Group 1 (Godan verb)

Follow the steps below.

1. Cut off ます.
2. Change the letter in front of ます to ‘a’ sound.
3. Then, add な at the end.

How to make ないForm

ないForm can be made by adding い to なForm.

ないForm is also called Plain Present Negative Form.

Refer to the page below for more details.

【Japanese Grammar】Basic conjugation for verbs and adjectives (Plain Form)

Let's learn four basic conjugation endings for Japanese verbs and adjectives in Plain Form: Present Positive Form, Present Negative Form, Past Positive Form and Past Negative Form.

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2018.05.28

Exercise

Task: Answer なForm of the verbs below.

• みます
• たべます
• よみます
• します
• ききます