Tag Archives: RU verbs
RU Verbs Versus U Verbs Posted by Ginny on Sep 15, 2009
In the previous post, you’ve seen that just because a verb ends in ru (る) doesn’t mean it’s necessarily an u (う) verb. Here’s a tip to help you separate the true ru verbs versus the false ones. When the verb has an iru (いる) or eru (える) ending, it is truely a ru verb. For example…
RU Verbs in the Present Indicative Tense Posted by Ginny on Sep 9, 2009
You may have heard of RU verbs as class two/type two verbs or as ichidan (いちだん) verbs. All these labels are used to describe Japanese verbs that end in ru (る). I’m going to provide some examples of a couple of verbs that end in ru that are not considered a part of this group. For…