Grammatical Form Introduction

Informal Form of Verbs

[Posted hiragana chart on the board]



Teacher: "See if you can figure out the rule for forming the informal forms. Ikimasu, iku, itta, ikanai, ikanakatta. Yomimasu, yomu, yonda, yomanai, yomanakatta. Kakimasu, kaku, kaita, kakanai, kakanakatta. Sagashimasu, sagasu, sagashita, sagasanai, sagasanakatta."
  Student A: "For the first form, you go to the "U" line. For the second, you add "ta", for the third, you add "nai" and for the fourth, "nakatta".
  Teacher: How do you mean, go to the "U" line?
  Student A: On the hiragana chart. For "ikimasu", you go to "ku" which is on the "U" line.
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