{"id":121,"date":"2009-09-09T22:23:31","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T02:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=121"},"modified":"2009-09-09T22:23:31","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T02:23:31","slug":"ru-verbs-in-the-present-indicative-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/ru-verbs-in-the-present-indicative-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"RU Verbs in the Present Indicative Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have heard of RU verbs as class two\/type two\u00a0verbs or as ichidan (\u3044\u3061\u3060\u3093<\/strong>) verbs. All these labels are used to describe Japanese verbs that end in ru (\u308b<\/strong>). 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 now, I’m only going to give you the verbs that follow the regular conjugation, so for now, don’t worry about the irregular ones.<\/p>\n

Verb in the Infinitive (also known as the dictionary form): taberu (\u305f\u3079\u308b<\/strong>) to eat<\/p>\n

Verb in the present\u00a0indicative tense: tabemasu (\u305f\u3079\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)(\u98df\u3079\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Infinitive: akeru (\u3042\u3051\u308b<\/strong>) to open<\/p>\n

Present indicative: akemasu (\u3042\u3051\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)(\u958b\u3051\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Infinitive: oshieru (\u304a\u3057\u3048\u308b<\/strong>) to teach<\/p>\n

PI: oshiemasu (\u304a\u3057\u3048\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)(\u6559\u3048\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Infinitive: dekiru (\u3067\u304d\u308b<\/strong>) to be able<\/p>\n

PI: dekimasu (\u3067\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)(\u51fa\u6765\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Infinitive: neru (\u306d\u308b<\/strong>) to sleep<\/p>\n

PI: nemasu (\u306d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)(\u5bdd\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Infinitive: okiru (\u304a\u304d\u308b<\/strong>) to get up<\/p>\n

PI: okimasu (\u304a\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)(\u8d77\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

If you’re unsure about how to form the present indicative, follow this guide and soon you’ll see there’s nothing to it. 1) Take the ru ending off the infinitive 2) add the masu (\u307e\u3059<\/strong>) to the stem of the verb. Let’s take taberu (\u305f\u3079\u308b<\/strong>) as an example. When you take the ru off of taberu (\u305f\u3079\u308b<\/strong>), you’re left with the stem, tabe (\u305f\u3079<\/strong>). Then add masu (\u307e\u3059<\/strong>) to the stem and you’ll get tabemasu (\u305f\u3079\u307e\u3059<\/strong>). This will work with all the verbs listed above. Try it! Also, I’ve provided the kanji next to the present indicative of the verbs because these verbs will often show up in the kanji as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may have heard of RU verbs as class two\/type two\u00a0verbs or as ichidan (\u3044\u3061\u3060\u3093) verbs. All these labels are used to describe Japanese verbs that end in ru (\u308b). 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…<\/p>\n

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