一段活用の練習。 食べる【た・】// to eat
I'm practicing verb inflections (from memory, so corrections welcome!) :D
Example inflections:
Non-past. To eat (polite|plain) 食べます | 食べる
Past. Ate (polite|plain) 食べました | 食べた
Negative. Not to eat (polite|plain) 食べません | 食べない (can add です but not だ to soften)
Negative-past. Did not eat (polite|plain) 食べませんでした | 食べなかった (can add です but not だ to soften)
Inflection rules that apply to ALL verb types:
Non-past. (polite|plain) base-2+ます | base-3
Past. (polite|plain) base-2+ました | base-た
Negative. (polite|plain) base-2+ません | base-1+ない (can add です but not だ to soften)
Negative-past. (polite|plain) base-2+ませんでした | base-1+なかった (can add です but not だ to soften)
bases for 一段 verbs:
base-1: stem
base-2: stem
base-3: dictionary form
base-4: stem+れ
base-5: stem+よう
base-て: stem+て
base-た: stem+た
stem of a 一段 verb:
dictionary form = stem+る
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Corrections · 4
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Excellent! Thanks, Chizuko! :D
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Chizuko says,「Steve Whiteさんは、晩ご飯（ばんごはん dinner) を 食べましたか。」Steve says,「まだ、食べていません。もうすぐ、食べます。(I haven't eaten yet.But I'll eat it soon」 Is that right? (そうですね？） ^^)
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Excellent, thanks, Ryoko. I was in a dilemma about whether to list is as "polite" since, as you say, it's not as formal as ません. I wonder whether "semi-formal" would be appropriate. :D
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Great job! One small thing about adding です to negative form, in general, it's said that it's to make it formal, instead of "to soften", however, less than ません and ませんでした. It's only my opinion. Again, good job.
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