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Originally Posted by SceptileMaster
Ack this is kind of confusing me now as I've looked at other tables also and they all have the 7 different bases.
I don't find it confusing I just am not sure on the prolonged o sound in japanese. I was checking to see if it is indeed written as おう for the prolonged o sound.
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SceptileMaster, I would recommend you to learn the meaning of each of the conjugations instead of just learning the conjugations themselves.
E.g. Volitional form of a verb is created using the following rules:
Type I (Godan) - 走（はし）RU - Replace U with O+う so it becomes 走（はし）ろう and it means, let's run.
Type 2 (Ichidan) - 食（た）べRU - Replace RU with YOU so it becomes 食（た）べよう and it means let's eat.
Type 3 (Sahen, Kahen) - 来（く）る = 来（こ）よう、する＝しよう・せよ
Remembering verb conjugations by themselves is useless imho.
After you've grasped the pattern, make sentences, such as 一緒（いっしょ）にテニスをやろうよ etc. やる is Godan, so how do I make it volitional so it's Let's play tennis together.
You will remember it much easier (this isn't Spanish with conjugation glore).
What I'm wondering is where is 食（た）べろ、起（お）きろ、来（こ）い and しろ in your chart. This is the 命令形 conjugation which is totally missing for Ichidan and Irregular verbs.