Moto Learning Doujou: #14-02 Japanese Grammar with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner, “Explanation for Teform G1 verb”

(In L14-01 and 14-02, We do not have any Speaking and Writing exercises. We have only explanation of Teform.)

①Improvement of Speaking and Writing

こんにちは。モトです。I am Japanese and I am teaching Japanese. In this series, I will share my practice way for N5 Beginner and Intermediate level learners who want to review.

If learners are studying Japanese only for JLPT as test preparation, it might be difficult to improve speaking and writing Japanese actually, because the test does not cover Speaking and Writing. Thus, we set a Goal to improve Speaking and Writing in this series while learning JLPT N5 Beginner topics.

Features and Advantages

・While using Practice Sheet, we try to remember Question and Response sentences as Dialogue to learn how to use word and grammar. (Using story or dialogues, it could be easier to remember them efficiently.)

・It is also good to partially hide some words in tables in Practice Sheet by hand to check your progress or you can also change part of words and make another sentence like improvisation music.

・After Speaking, through making your sentences, you can improve Writing. (Based on your sentences, it is good to make your Practice Sheet and play Dialogues with other learners.)

・I will apply Minna no Nihongo to speaking and writing practice that covers almost all topics introduced by Genki so Genki user can also use this series.

(I will cite English translation from the textbook as it is, or I try to translate some expressions by myself. Now I am also learning English so my translation and explanation could be not correct or not natural, sorry for that.)

②Explanation for Group1 Verb

Te-Form

When we want to say “Please do something-” in Japanese, we can use the pattern “Verb Te-form + ください”. To use this pattern, we need to know conjugation of verb, how to make Te-form.

3 types of Verb

We have 3 categories of Verbs such as Group2, 3 and 1 that have different rules to make Te-form.

Feature of G1 Verb

It has “いi” sound before ます such as…

use= つかい i ます, have/hold=もち i ます, take=とり i ます

Tsuka i masu moch i masu tori i masu

Important

However, み i ます、おき i ます、かり i ます are Group 2 verbs like we have learned last time.

How to make Te-form

To remember the way to make Teform for G1, we will use “a song”. The lyric is like this below.

(いちり-って Ichiri-tte)　(にびみ-んで nibimi-nde)　(き-いて ki-ite)　(ぎ-いで gi-ide)　(し-して shi-shite)　 (いってitte)　♪

You can also check the song in the Video.↓

https://youtu.be/J83O_S5Q7Co

Example1

“useつかいます” → つかって (Te form) +ください。

When it comes to “つかいます”,　Before “ます”, い comes. The song shows “い”　becomes “って” so we can get “つかって as Teform”.

(Others：あいます、すいます、もらいます、ならいます、はいります、かいます)

Example2

“haveもちます” →もって（Te form）+ください

When it comes to “もちます”,　Before “ます”, ち comes. The song shows “ち”　becomes “って” so we can get “もって as Teform”.

(Others: かちます、たちます、やくにたちます、うちます、まちます)

Example3

“sendおくります” →おくって（Te form）+ください

When it comes to “おくります”,　Before “ます”, ち comes. The song shows “ち”　becomes “って” so we can get “おくって as Teform”.

(Others: おわります、とります、きります、わかります、かえります)

Example4

“die しにます” →し　んで（Te form）+ください

When it comes to “しにます”,　Before “ます”, に comes. The song shows “に”　becomes “んで” so we can get “し　んで as Teform”.

Example5

“chooseえらびます” →えら　んで（Te form）+ください

When it comes to “えらびます”,　Before “ます”, び comes. The song shows “び”　becomes “んで” so we can get “えら　んで as Teform”.

(Others: あそびます、よびます、とびます、はこびます、ならびます)

Example6

“readよみます” →よ　んで（Te form）+ください

When it comes to “よみます”,　Before “ます”, み comes. The song shows “、み”　becomes “んで” so we can get “よ　んで as Teform”.

(Others: やすみます、すみます、もうしこみます、たのみます、のみます)

Example7

“put おきます” →お　いて（Te form）+ください

When it comes to “おきます”,　Before “ます”, き comes. The song shows “き”　becomes “いて” so we can get “お　いて as Teform”.

(Others: はたらきます、ききます、ひきます、はきます、かきます)

Example8

“swim およぎます” →およ　いで（Te form）+ください

When it comes to “およぎます”,　Before “ます”, ぎ comes. The song shows “ぎ”　becomes “いて” so we can get “およ　いで as Teform”.

(Others:　いそぎます、ぬぎます)

Example9

“push　おします” →お　して（Te form）+ください

When it comes to “おします”,　Before “ます”, し comes. The song shows “し”　becomes “して” so we can get “お　して as Teform”.

(Others: はなします、だします、けします、かします)

Example10

“Goいきます” →いって（Te form）+ください

When it comes to “いきます”,　Although　き comes before ます, it does not become “いて” like shown in Example7. いきます is just one exception and it becomes いって　as Te-Form.