Notes On Japanese Proficiency

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Rules for verbs Rules for い adjectives rules for な adjective and nouns

long form short form just remove the desu eg. Takai eg. げんき
present affirmative masu dictio form takai desu takai genki desu desu -> da genki da
present negative masen see rules * (nai form) takakunai desu takakunai genki jannai desu remove desu genki jannai
past affirmative mashita te/de form to ta/da takakatta desu takakatta (katta) genki deshita deshita -> datta genki datta (datta)
past negative masendeshita drop i in nai (present tense neg) + katta takunakatta desu takunakatta (kunakatta) genki janna katta desu remove desu genki janna katta (janna katta)

* verbs short form for present tense negative


るverbs: drop ru +nai
うverbs: drop u+anai
irreg: suru shinai
kuru konai
XPN: aru nai

please do not short form negative + tekudasai


eg. Please do not take photos shashin o toranai tekudasai
present, future
positive
ang mabait na verb!
dictio/short form

stare jirojiromiru
throw away suteru positive masu form
begin hajimeru present, future nai form
negative
open akeru masu form
close shimeru dictio/short form
positive
teach oshieru masu form
past
get of oriru dictio/short form
negative
put on (glasses) kakeru masu form
put on (above waist) kiru positive
te form (continuative) dictio/short form
borrow kariru negative
shower shawa o abiru positive
progressive dictio/short form
turn on tsukeru negative
put on phone denwa o kakeru
forget wasureru
wake up okiru
eat taberu
sleep neru
see/watch miru
go out dekakeru
person existence iru
wear kiru
drop ru + masu
drop ru+nai
drup ru + masen
drop ru+ta
drop ru + mimashita
drup ru + nakatta
drop ru + masendeshita
drup ru + te
drop ru + naide
drop ru + teiru
drop ru + teinai
うverbs (ends with u, tsu, ru) ends with ku/gu
amegafuru rains motteiku to take (a thing)
iru need
osokunaru late
kiru cut
* diferent with "to wear". る verb.
tsukaru to make
shaberu speak
iu say
omou think
arau wash

ends with mu, bu, nu


yasumu absent/rest
yomu read
nomu drink
asobu play
shinu die
ends with su
present, future past
positive negative positive negative
dictio/short form masu form nai form masu form dictio/short form masu form dictio/short form
come kuru kimasu konai kimasen kita kimashita konakatta
do suru shimasu shinai shimasen shita shimashita shinakatta
drive untensuru
do laundry sentakusuru
clean soojisuru
call denwasuru
cook ryoorisuru
te form (continuative) progressive
negative positive negative positive negative
masu form dictio/short form masu form dictio/shormasu formdictio/shormasu formdictio/shormasu form
kimasendeshita kite kimashite konaide kimasende
shimasendeshita shite shimashite shinaide shimasende
masu form
itsumo always
uun no
un yes
kampai cheers
zannen that's too bad.
~nitsuite about/concerning
mada+neg not…yet.
minnade all together
nanika something
nanimo not anything
asatte あさって the day after tomorrow
ame あめ rain
kuuki くうき air
kesa けさ this morning
kokuban こくばん blackbord
kongetsu こんげつ this month
raigetsu らいげつ next month
tenkiyohoo てんきよほう weather forecast
tokoro ところ place
natsu なつ summer
nanika なにか something
hashi はし chopstick
fuyu ふゆ winter
ho-musutei ホームステイ homestay
maishuu まいしゅう every week
な adjectives
jyoozu じょうず
heta へた
yuumei ゆうめい
うverbs るverb Irregular verbs
amegafuru あめがふる rains jirojiromiru じろじろみる stare untensuru うんてんする drive
arau あらう wash suteru すてる throw away sentakusuru せんたくする do laundry
iu いう say hajimeru はじめる begin soojisuru そうじする clean
iru いる need denwasuru でんわする call
osokunaru おそくなる late asatte あさって the day after tomorrow ryoorisuru りょうりする cook
omou おもう think ame あめ rain
kiru きる cut kuuki くうき air な adjectives
* diferent with "to wear". る verb. kesa けさ this morning jyoozu じょうず
tsukaru つかる to make kokuban こくばん blackbord heta へた
motteiku もっていく to take (a thing) kongetsu こんげつ this month yuumei ゆうめい
raigetsu らいげつ next month
itsumo いつも always tenkiyohoo てんきよほう weather forecast
uun ううん no tokoro ところ place
un うん yes natsu なつ summer
kampai かんぱい cheers nanika なにか something
zannen ざんねん that's too bad. hashi はし chopstick
~nitsuite ~について about/concerning fuyu ふゆ winter
mada+neg まだ+neg not…yet. ho-musutei ホームステイ homestay
minnade みんなで all together maishuu まいしゅう every week

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