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    Tim Sensei's Corner - Japanese Verbs - Lesson 2 http://ww8.tiki.ne.jp/~tmath/language/jpverbs/lesson2.

    htm

    The first ending you'll want to master is the polite form


    masu. Since masu requires the Base 2 form, yodan verbs
    are changed so they end in i — their "Base 2" form —
    before the masu ending is added. Notice how the following
    yodan verbs, which were introduced in Lesson 1, change in
    order to add masu, the present polite ending. Especially
    notice how verbs ending in su and tsu change:

    Base 2 Polite Verb


    Plain Verb
    Form Form
    kau (to buy) kai kaimasu
    aruku (to walk) aruki arukimasu
    isogu (to
    isogi isogimasu
    hurry)
    kasu (to lend) kashi kashimasu
    matsu (to wait) machi machimasu
    shinu (to die) shini shinimasu
    asobu (to
    asobi asobimasu
    play)
    yomu (to read) yomi yomimasu
    kaeru (to
    kaeri kaerimasu
    return)

    Now we are ready to speak polite, "adult" Japanese. Let's


    convert the plain yodan verb example sentences used in
    Lesson 1 to polite sentences by converting them to Base 2
    and adding masu:

    Mama wa mise de banana o kaimasu. (Mom buys/will


    buy bananas at the store.)
    Jim wa manga o yomimasu. (Jim will read a comic
    book.)
    Ojii-san wa sugu kaerimasu. (Grandpa will return
    soon.)

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