{"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":"<p>You may have heard of RU verbs as class two\/type two\u00a0verbs or as ichidan (<strong>\u3044\u3061\u3060\u3093<\/strong>) verbs. All these labels are used to describe Japanese verbs that end in ru (<strong>\u308b<\/strong>). I&#8217;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&#8217;m only going to give you the verbs that follow the regular conjugation, so for now, don&#8217;t worry about the irregular ones.<\/p>\n<p>Verb in the Infinitive (also known as the dictionary form): taberu (<strong>\u305f\u3079\u308b<\/strong>) to eat<\/p>\n<p>Verb in the present\u00a0indicative tense: tabemasu (<strong>\u305f\u3079\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)(<strong>\u98df\u3079\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Infinitive: akeru (<strong>\u3042\u3051\u308b<\/strong>) to open<\/p>\n<p>Present indicative: akemasu (<strong>\u3042\u3051\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)(<strong>\u958b\u3051\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Infinitive: oshieru (<strong>\u304a\u3057\u3048\u308b<\/strong>) to teach<\/p>\n<p>PI: oshiemasu (<strong>\u304a\u3057\u3048\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)(<strong>\u6559\u3048\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Infinitive: dekiru (<strong>\u3067\u304d\u308b<\/strong>) to be able<\/p>\n<p>PI: dekimasu (<strong>\u3067\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)(<strong>\u51fa\u6765\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Infinitive: neru (<strong>\u306d\u308b<\/strong>) to sleep<\/p>\n<p>PI: nemasu (<strong>\u306d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)(<strong>\u5bdd\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Infinitive: okiru (<strong>\u304a\u304d\u308b<\/strong>) to get up<\/p>\n<p>PI: okimasu (<strong>\u304a\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)(<strong>\u8d77\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re unsure about how to form the present indicative, follow this guide and soon you&#8217;ll see there&#8217;s nothing to it. 1) Take the ru ending off the infinitive 2) add the masu (<strong>\u307e\u3059<\/strong>) to the stem of the verb. Let&#8217;s take taberu (<strong>\u305f\u3079\u308b<\/strong>) as an example. When you take the ru off of taberu (<strong>\u305f\u3079\u308b<\/strong>), you&#8217;re left with the stem, tabe (<strong>\u305f\u3079<\/strong>). Then add masu (<strong>\u307e\u3059<\/strong>) to the stem and you&#8217;ll get tabemasu (<strong>\u305f\u3079\u307e\u3059<\/strong>). This will work with all the verbs listed above. Try it! Also, I&#8217;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":"<p>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&#8217;m going to provide some examples of a couple of verbs that end in ru that are not considered a part of this group. 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