Vocabulary: Basic verbs 1

Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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On this page, you can learn very basic Japanese verbs.

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Vocabulary list

Kanji characters in light blue below are not basic 200 Kanji.

eat

食べる(た・べる)


listen

聞く(き・く)


read

読む(よ・む)


drink

飲む(の・む)


sleep

(ね・る)


speak

話す(はな・す)


look, watch, see

見る(み・る)


do, play (sport)

する


wake up

きる(お・きる)


make

作る(つく・る)


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Note 1: Verb in a sentence

You need to change a verb into Polite Form if they come at the end of a sentence.

Example

I go to school

私は学校に行きます

行きます is Polite Form. 行く is the original word (Dictionary Form) of 行きます.
How to change Dictionary Form into Polite Form
On this page, you can learn how to change Dictionary Form into Polite Form.
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Note 2: sleep

寝る(ねる) can be ‘go to bed’.

I go to bed at 10.

私は十時に寝ます

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