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    Japanese Verbs
    Japanese Verbs
    Japanese Verbs
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    Japanese Verbs

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResearch & Education Association
    Release dateJan 1, 2013
    ISBN9780738670010
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      Japanese Verbs

      P. Suski

      The Editors of REA

      SUPER REVIEW®

      OF JAPANESE VERBS

      Copyright © 2002 by Research & Education Association. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher.

      Printed in the United States of America

      Library of Congress Control Number 2001096033

      9780738670010

      SUPER REVIEW is a registered trademark of

      Research & Education Association, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

      WHAT THIS Super Review WILL DO FOR YOU

      This Super Review provides all that you need to know to do your homework effectively and succeed on exams and quizzes.

      The book focuses on the core aspects of the subject, and helps you to grasp the important elements quickly and easily.

      Outstanding Super Review features:

      Topics are covered in logical sequence

      Topics are reviewed in a concise and comprehensive manner

      The material is presented in student-friendly language that makes it easy to follow and understand

      Individual topics can be easily located

      Provides excellent preparation for midterms, finals and in-between quizzes

      Written by professionals and experts who function as your very own tutors

      The key feature of this Super Review for learning Japanese Verbs is that it gives at a glance the person, mood and tense of the verbs—a priceless aid and time-saver to the student.

      With the present book, the intricacies of learning the Japanese verbs are less formidable since all the verbs with their English equivalents are expressed in a clear and concise manner. As soon as the student understands the mechanical construction of the Japanese verbs, the student not only learns the language rapidly and without difficulty, but the verbs which had at first been intimidating become the most absorbingly interesting and fascinating branch of language study.

      The challenge of preparing this book has been to present the different conjugations in so clear and intelligible a form that they could be readily comprehended, memorized and consulted by the average student who may not have had the time or inclination to review his or her grammar. By a properly directed study of the verbs one can, in a remarkably short period, not only learn to read and understand the language, but also be able to correctly speak, write and translate Japanese.

      It is the function of this Super Review to help the student master the verbs with the minimum expenditure of time and effort. The student will learn to apply these verbs in practical conversation, becoming familiar not only with their usual grammatical significance, but also with their idiomatic use.

      Dr. Max Fogiel, Program Director

      Carl Fuchs, Chief Editor

      Table of Contents

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      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      WHAT THIS Super Review WILL DO FOR YOU

      Conjugation of Japanese Verbs

      Japanese Writing System & Pronunciation

      REA’s Test Preps The Best in Test Preparation

      Conjugation of Japanese Verbs

      JAPANESE VERBS

      In learning the Japanese language, perhaps no area poses a more difficult challenge for students than the Japanese verb endings. This book is a collection of the most popular Japanese verbs used in ordinary conversation, so that in a compact form the student can quickly see the most appropriate endings which are required in a given case. It is a priceless aid and time-saver to the student.

      The challenge of preparing this book has been to present the different conjugations in so clear and intelligible a form that they could be readily comprehended, memorized and consulted by the average student who may not have had the time or inclination to review his or her grammar. Many of the polite forms and expressions which baffle beginners are treated rather extensively in tabulated form. By a properly directed study of the verbs one can, in a remarkably short period, not only learn to read and understand the language, but will be able to correctly speak, write and translate Japanese.

      It is the function of this Super Review to help the student master the verbs with the minimum expenditure of time and effort. The student will learn to apply these verbs in practical conversation, becoming familiar not only with their usual grammatical significance, but also with their idiomatic use.

      THE MOST COMMON JAPANESE VERBS DEFINED IN ENGLISH

      The conjugation to which a verb belongs is indicated with a number. Abbreviations: ex., exo-active; en., endo-active; auff., suffix; syn., synonym; ct. exp., courteous expression; ob., obsolete.

      Abaku (3 ex) to disclose; to disentomb; to break open; to expose; to reveal.

      Abareru (7 en) to act violently, create disturbances.

      Abiru (7 ex) to pour upon one’s self, bathe.

      Abiseru (7 ex) to pour over, throw over; to spatter.

      Aburagiru (6 en) to be oily: to be greasy.

      The Romaji used to write Japanese words in this book is not the ordinary Romaji of Hepburn type, but it is the so-called Japanese system. The reason for this adoption is that the Japanese words written with this system can be readily converted into kana writing, while with the Hepburn system this can not be done properly at times. Kana written alphabetically is called Romanized kana, which is the same as those in the Japanese system.

      THE ROMANIZED KANA

      The romanized kana is identical with the Japanese system of Romaji. There are as many syllables as there are kana characters; that is, 73. These syllables therefore are representative of Japanese kana characters in alphabetical writing, and not representative of Japanese kana sounds as is in case of Romaji of Hepburn.

      To express combined kana sounds, the Japanese system of Romaji is used for the sake of uniformity.

      The points of difference between the Japanese and ordinary or Hepburn system of Romaji are in the following 17 instances.

      The Hepburn system spells: shi for si, chi for ti, tsu for tu, fu for hu, i for wi, e for we, ji for zi and di, zu for du, sha for sya, shu for syu, sho for syo, cha for tya, chu for tyu, cho for tyo, ja for zya and dya, ju for zyu and dyu, jo for zyo and dyo.

      HOW THEY ARE PRONOUNCED

      All vowels have the continental value, that is: a in sofa, i in ill, u in put, e in set, and o in obey. Consonants have sound value as in following examples: k in kite, s in so, t in top, n in now, h in hat, m in man, y in you, r in correct, w in was, g in get, z in zeal, d in dot, b in be, and p in pot. Insertion of y between a consonant and a vowel so modifies the consonant sound, as for example, from that of booty to beauty, or from cannon to canyon, etc.

      For further details of Japanese pronunciation and Japanese writing systems, the readers are referred to pages 107—108 of this book.

      Prolonged sounds of a, u or o are effected by addition of h after the vowel, thus: ah, uh, oh. When a vowel or y comes directly after such h in the same word, a hyphen is used between the h and the vowel or y, in order to avoid the error of combining in sound. Sounds of i or e are made long by addition of i, thus: ii or ei.

      Abureru (7 en) to return without profit.

      Aburu (6 ex) to roast, bake, broil, toast; to warm.

      Aeru (7 ex) to mix; to stir up.

      VERBS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO

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