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origamicandy (Offline)
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04-23-2009, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DietWeebs View Post
My teacher taught me this.. Ku i Gu i Su shi Mu n Bu n (etc i forget)

but that an action verb ending the uppercase letters (Ku, Gu, Su, Mu, Bu,) are all dropped when making a TE form and the lower case letters (i, i, shi, n, n,) are added at the end along with TE to make a TE form... does that make sense ?

Is there an easier way to remember this ?
If you know the ~masu form of a verb, drop ~masu and look at what's there.

If it's i, chi, ri, bi, mi, ni etc.

YouTube - Japanese Rap: ~Te Form Of A Verb - this rap helps you remember how to change these base ~masu forms into the ~te form.

Enjoy, and it should be useful!


http://www.youtube.com/origamicandy/
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