Let’s talk about Japanese Verbs – Ru-Verbs

Let’s talk about Japanese Verbs – Ru-Verbs

For today’s blog, I will continue my Japanese verbs post. Let’s talk about Ru-verbs. I already discussed in my previous post, link here, that Ru-verbs are called Ichidan Verb (一段動詞) or one-step verbs. Unlike U-verbs in which the U-line will be changed into five vowel sounds when we conjugate the verbs, Ru-verbs will be replaced with a new verb ending.

Example:

Ru-Verbs (Basic form): でる
Polite form: でます

Two types of Ichidan verbs: * Kami-Ichidan (上一段) -          Verbs end in ～いる. * Shimo-Ichidan (下一段) -         Verbs end in ～える .

We will only focus on verbs. Verb conjugation will be discussed in future blogs.  

English	Japanese	Romaji
To give	あげる (上げる)	Ageru
To open	あける (開ける)	Akeru
To be able	できる (出来る)	Dekiru
To come out	でる (出る)	Deru
To take into account, to be based on	ふまえる (踏まえる)	Fumaeru
To be separated, to leave	はなれる (離れる)	Hanareru
To refrain, to abstain, to hold back	ひかえる (控える)	Hikaeru
To live	いきる (生きる)	Ikiru
To exists (living things)	いる	Iru
To put up, to hang out	かかげる (掲げる)	Kakageru
To think	かんがえる (考える)	Kangaeru
To wear	きる  (着る)	Kiru
To answer	こたえる (答える)	Kotaeru
To compare	くらべる (比べる)	Kuraberu
To see	みる (見る)	Miru
To sleep	ねる (寝る)	Neru
To finish, to graduate	おえる (終える)	Oeru
To get up, to wake up	おきる (起きる)	Okiru
To get off	おりる (降りる)	Oriru
To restrain, to hold back	おさえる  (抑える)	Osaeru
To teach, to inform	おしえる (教える)	Oshieru
To respond, to accept, to comply	おうじる (応じる)	Oujiru
To hang, to suspend	さげる (下げる)	Sageru
To close	しめる (閉める)	Shimeru
To eat	たべる (食べる)	Taberu
To visit, to call on	たずねる (訪ねる)	Tazuneru
To deliver	とどける (届ける)	Todokeru
To turn on	つける	Tsukeru
To endeavor, to strive	つとめる (務める)	Tsutomeru
To divide	わける (分ける)	Wakeru

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Sample sentence using plain form:

あそこはねこがいる。
(あそこは猫がいる。)
(Asoko ha neko ga iru.)
There is a cat over there.

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わたしはそれをおこなうことができる。
(私はそれを行うことが出来る。)
(Watashi ha sore wo okonau koto ga dekiru.)
I can do it.
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ケーキをたべる。
(ケーキを食べる。)
(Ke-ki wo taberu.)
I eat cake.

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おかねをきんとうにわける。
(お金を均等に分ける。)
(Okane wo kintou ni wakeru.)
Divide the money evenly.

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にほんごのたんごをおしえる。
(日本語の単語を教える。)
(Nihongo no tango wo oshieru.)
I’ll teach Japanese words.

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