Japanese Study Materials

Japanese Study Materials: 使役受身の形 ・ Causative-Passive Form
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In Japanese you can express the idea of someone (subject) is made to do something (verb) by using the causative-passive form verb conjugation. Godan (Group I) verbs and ichidan (Group II) verbs both have their own conjugation rules. There are...
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Japanese Study Materials: 使役の形 ・ Causative Form
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In Japanese you can express the idea of making someone do something, or letting someone do something, by using the causative form verb conjugation. It may sound a little strange that one conjugation is used to express both "letting" and...
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Japanese Study Materials: 受身の形 ・ Passive Form
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In Japanese you can express the idea of something (verb) is being done to someone (object) by using the passive form verb conjugation. While I was studying this form I read online that this verb conjugation also tends to sound...
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Japanese Study Materials: ~ばの形 ・ ば Conditional Form
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In Japanese you can express the idea of "if" in terms of cause and effect (e.g. "if something then something else) by using the ば conditional form (ばの形) verb conjugation. Godan (Group I) verbs and ichidan (Group II) verbs both...
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Japanese Study Materials: う・よう形 ・ Volitional Form
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In Japanese you can express the idea of "lets do" or "shall we do" something by using the volitional form verb conjugation. Godan (Group I) verbs and ichidan (Group II) verbs both have their own conjugation rules. Start with a...
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Japanese Study Materials: 可能の形 ・ Potential Form
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In Japanese you can express the idea of "can do" or "able to do" something by using the potential form verb conjugation. Godan (Group I) verbs and ichidan (Group II) verbs both have their own conjugation rules. Start with a...
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