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Ichidan verbs are a snap, because you change them to

Base 2 by just dropping the ru at the end. Look carefully at
these ichidan verbs and how they conjugate, and notice
how they differ from the yodan group covered in Lesson 2:

Base 2 Polite Verb

Plain Verb
Form Form
taberu (to eat) tabe tabemasu
oboeru (to
oboe oboemasu
remember)
kimeru (to decide) kime kimemasu
deru (to leave,
de demasu
come out)
kariru (to borrow) kari karimasu
miru (to look,
mi mimasu
watch)

Here are some examples:

Watashi wa ashita kimemasu. (I'll decide tomorrow.)

Jerry wa sugu heya kara demasu. (Jerry will come out
of the room soon.)
Ayako wa mainichi terebi o mimasu. (Ayako watches
the TV every day.)

Now, you are probably thinking: How can I tell ichidan verbs
from yodan? True, there are also yodan verbs that end in
eru or iru, but with practice and experience they will
gradually be mastered. A mistake made from not knowing
whether a verb is yodan or ichidan is a very minor one, and
should not be worried about at this stage.

Word Check

ashita: tomorrow
sugu: soon
heya: a room
kara: from
mainichi: every day
terebi: TV

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