Japanese verbs can be categorized into 3 groups.

It’s necessary to memorize those 3 groups so that you can change the form of verbs to create masu form(polite form), past tense etc…

YouTube video.

Here is the youtube video about 3 verb groups.(in Hindi)

 

 

3 verb groups in Japanese

Here are the 3 groups of Japanese verbs.

 

As you can see, you can differentiate those 3 groups with how the verb ends.
We have many verbs in group.1 and group2  but we have only 2 verbs in  group3.

 

How to make masu form?

“Masu form” is a polite form of verbs.
It can be present tense as well as future tense depending on the contexts.

Now that you learned 3 verb groups, you can create masu form following the rules below.

 

For more info on masu form, please watch this video!

Hello! I am Mayo, a Japanese YouTuber/ japanese language teacher.

Today, I wanna teach you about Japanese Adjective which is called 形容詞 (Keiyoshi) in Japanese.

 

2 types of adjectives in Japanese

In Japanese, there are 2 types of Adjectives.い形容詞(I adjectives)&な形容詞(NA adjectives)
There are differences in shapes and how to use them.

 

Examples for I adjectives(い形容詞)

“Mt. Fuji is high”
→富士山は高いです。

If you want to make this sentence negative, there will be several forms.
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Making Negative form of I adjective

1. Erase い(i)
2. Put く(ku)
3. Put ないですor はないです or くありません or くはありません　

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Examples for NA adjectives(な形容詞)

“Cherry blossoms are beautiful.”
→桜はきれいです。

If you want to make this sentence negative, you have to put じゃないですor ではないです or じゃありません or ではありません

 

I hope you understand what are the 2 types of Adjectives and how to make negative forms.
I will probably make another article about how to make various sentences of 2 types of adjectives.
So, stay tuned!

 

YouTube video about 2 types of Adjectives.

 

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Grammar

A  は  B  です。
   A      wa     B         desu.

→  A  is  B 

*In Japanese, “wa” almost always comes after the subject.
Sometimes we put “ga” instead of “wa” to emphasize the subject.

 

Examples

１）私は日本人です。

→I am Japanese

 

２）私はインド人です。
→I am an Indian.

 

３）あなたは、日本人です。

→You are Japanese.

 

４）あなたは、インド人です。

→You are an Indian.

 

５）わたしは、クマール です。

→ I am Kumar

 

６）彼は、先生です。

→ He is a teacher

 

７）先生は若いです。

→The teacher is young

 

８）彼女はかわいいです。

→She is cute.