[SamuraiAlchemistNinja]

Originally Posted by CrimsonNataku

And there's also imperative, volitional, conditional, provisional, passive, causative, conjectural... the list goes on and on ^_^;

But for those who are starting out, understanding dictionary form, affirmative, past affirmative, negative, and past negative is crucial before you start learning the other tenses and forms.

That's very true...there are so many different conjugations, but potential I thought was unique, because we really don't have that kind of tense in english, do we? Then again, there are many tenses in english that japanese doesn't have...ah, maybe we'll get into that -- a while from now -- ne?