[Written 6.6.2015 ~ now on particles but still posting this ^^ hope everyone is doing well in life and studies]
If you have studied (or are studying) Japanese then you know your verbs are coma-inducing ; and coming from the world of 한국어 where figuring out the verb stem is literally as easy as pie this is confusing as hell.
Hold up! What are you saying Kirsten?
I’m saying I’ve hit another slightly confusing (to me anyway) hiccup in Japanese. Again, not complaining, because when something is difficult you work hard to understand it ; and when you work hard and finally get it it feels goooood. So what’s hard you ask?
Japanese verbs – the u and ru and irregular. And who knows maybe more to come. Right now though just been thrown Into a rattlesnake filled pit of Japanese verbs 🙂 yay
°hint of sarcasm°
With Korean you know we have these 하다 verbs eg. 공부하다 (to study) and to conjugate, super simple.
공부하다 | Verb stem being (공부) – 공부해요 – 공부했어요. (Verb stem – present – past)
Things are that simple with Japanese too, on a few things, but like everything there is these beautiful things called irregularities that mess up our thinking process and make you think “wth for?” — yes, yes, Japanese has those moments LOL
Examples : will use 勉強する to illustrate when the rules are not followed (because of する being irregular and having to be attached to the 勉強 to convey the action of studying)
Present tense being – 勉強します。
Present negative tense – 勉強しません。
I was confused about this because in my mind I thought (why has the ます changed to a します where does this hiraganaし come from? And why is it coming when 勉強する ending in “Ru” should belong to the “ru-verbs” no?
Not. Haha.
Just because something ends in “ru” doesn’t mean its a Ru-verb ; the verbs are messing with you haha, the same with u ~ doesn’t mean because it ends with “u” it’s an “u” verb 🙂
I guess they will stop messing with me the more I study and learn their patterns, for now however, I will memorize a few of them just so I dont trip up. And Genki said to.
xoxo
Good old する and くる’s irregular conjugations. They’re the only ones you’ll really have to memorize when it comes to verbs. The others are okay once you get the hang of the rules for each tense. From there, you’ll just find one or two that have a special rule for a certain tense.
Thank goodness! 🙂 Thankfully as for getting the rules Genki is very very well written so I don’t have much trouble after actually using my brain to think and reading a little more 🙂
Can’t wait for you to get to Genki II. That’s when the material gets more interesting. 🙂
Me neither, I find Genki I material interesting so more interesting? I really can’t wait. I expect to finish the first one in about 2-3 months. I think that’s enough time. If I keep my study schedule. And no more hiccups come up 🙂