う-Verb (Dictionary)う + ます (Godan Verbs)

Short form is also often called 'casual form' (because it is used in casual language), or 'plain form'

Structure

Examples:
座(すわ)る
歌(うた)う
歩(ある)く
話(はな)す
打(う)つ
死(し)ぬ
飛(と)ぶ
休(やす)む
泳(およ)ぐ

Détails

Classe grammaticale
Verb
Type de mot
Independent Word
Niveau de langue
Standard

À propos de う-Verb (Dictionary)

う-Verbs include all of the verbs in Japanese that end in う sounds (including some of the verbs that end in る). These verbs are called Godan (五段(ごだん)) 'five-level' verbs in Japanese, due to their conjugations using all 5 of the different sounds in the same column (段(だん)) that their base form comes from.

As we can see here, the く in 聞(き)く changes to き when conjugated to the polite form. All of the other sounds the K-column will be used with 聞(き)く, depending on the conjugation. This is the same for all of the う-Verbs.

聞(き)かない, 聞(き)きたい, 聞(き)く, 聞(き)ける, 聞(き)こう

Here we can see the う-Verb 聞(き)く using all of the different K-column sounds in various conjugations.

Caution

Just like with る-Verbs, the base form of the verb may be called 'plain form', 'casual form', or 'short form', depending on the source/book.

Exemples

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聞(き)く → 聞(き)きます

聞く → 聞きます : Écouter/Entendre

座(すわ)る → 座(すわ)ります

座る → 座ります : S'asseoir

飲(の)む→ 飲(の)みます

飲む→ 飲みます : Boire

打(う)つ → 打(う)ちます

打つ → 打ちます : Frapper

会(あ)う → 会(あ)います

会う → 会います : Rencontrer

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う-Verb (Dictionary) – Discussion Grammaire

Réponses les plus récentes (14 au total)

FredKore
I was curious so I tried it. Google is not great for checking proper grammar – it takes whatever you give it and tries to interpret what you meant to say. But notice, in the ローマ字, it still recognizes that ‘mochinai’ is not a word and separates it into two…
bhenryjp1
I totally overlooked and misread the た in the casual form. Thanks!
delliepops
The ____ is labeled “polite”. But I’m supposed to fill in the casual form? This doesn’t make sense to me. Shouldn’t the ____ be labeled “casual”?

Here’s what the question looks like:

(Polite) → 飲みます

Why is the correct answer nomu (casual form) when the label is clearly asking me to fill in the polite form, which is what’s already on the right side?