う - Verbs (negative form)
Structure
座る + らない
歌う + わない
歩く + かない
話す + さない
打つ + たない
死ぬ + なない
飛ぶ + ばない
休む + まない
泳ぐ + がない
Exceptions:
ある ￫ ない
座る + りません
座る + らない です
歌う + いません
歌う + わない です
歩く + きません
歩く + かない です
話す + しません
話す + さない です
打つ + ちません
打つ + たない です
死ぬ + にません
死ぬ + なない です
飛ぶ + びません
飛ぶ + ばない です
休む + みません
休む + まない です
泳ぐ + ぎません
泳ぐ + がない です
Exceptions:
ある ￫ ありません
ないです
For crying out loud, stop using verbs that end with る when you’re quizzing for う-verbs. Unless I missed a lesson for memorizing う-verbs that end with る, it feels like some cheap ‘gotcha!’ or trick question.
Also, the explanation for identifying verbs ending withる that are う-verbs is completely unhelpful in terms of lesosns (“These verbs can be identified by the る changing, rather than being removed when conjugated”). That’s nice, but until I actually conjugate the verb, I won’t know if it’s a る-verb or not. And then I failed the test.
Hey there! Thanks for reaching out.
Remember that in essence, verbs will always fall into one of three categories:
This is a fundamental part of Japanese, so it’s super useful to have a solid grasp of it.
Ichidan and godan る-ending verbs can be tricky to differentiate from one another, I can totally see where your frustration comes from. I’ve listed some resources here for you to help you out!
In the off-chance that you skipped those lessons (we don’t teach ない・ません without teaching the base lesson first), here they are:
This video helped me out a lot back when I was studying this concept:
Hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any more questions.
That video was super helpful!
Hi!
Just to clarify so I don’t get it mixed up, Godan Verbs are five-step and Ichidan Verbs are one-step right?
That is exactly right!
Godan and Ichidan both literally mean that, five-steps or one-step!