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Originally Posted by GodForsakenSoul
I'm having trouble understanding conjugation.
Mainly, because i'm using My japanes coach, and while it's good for increasing vocabulary and writing, it's doing a HORRIBLE job with the transition to japanese.
It's explaining conjugation with Romaji characters.
Anyhow. It mentions these "bases". Seven of them in total.
Could anyone be so kind as to explain Conjugation using Bases instead of Romaji? i can't seem to find a pattern there.
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In the Japanese grammar which Japanese people are taught, there are seven forms of verbs, which are called the mizenkei, ren'youkei, shuushikei, rentaikei, kateikei, meireikei, and kihonkei. That might be what they meant.
Having said that, I'm not really qualified to teach you Japanese or offer advice about how to learn the language, but if you are a beginner learner I'd advise you to forget about all of the above words and stick with explanations like Kyle provided here. The reason is that these "kei" things are based on a historical grammar and take some bending to fit with modern Japanese.