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Japanese Verb Conjugations and Combinations JTMW (vs 1.05)
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Description
This deck focuses on the more common conjugations of Japanese verbs and combinations of verbs with other types of words. Note that this is *not* a list of Japanese verbs, but instead a series of sentence fragments or questions about which verb conjugation you would use uf you wanted to obtain a certain meaning.
Version 1.05 notes:
- made some small clarifications;
- added a few more cards;
Version 1.04 notes:
- Removed all "What is the Japanese translation of..." introductions to questions. Now every question that is entirely between quotation marks means that a translation is asked for.
- Added some honorific versions of verbs that I had somehow overlooked before.
- Fixed some of the few remaining typos.
Version 1.03 notes:
- Made a clearer distinction between the varying degrees of probability of そう(だ), らしい, みたいだ and (の)よう(だ) since otherwise their direct translations were too similar to be useful for learning.
- Made some cards "single-sided", since going from answer to question wasn't viable in those cases.
Version 1.02 notes:
- corrected some errors, such as how to get the て-form;
- added colloquial contractions (simplified everyday ways to pronounce verb-endings that can be quite different from the way they are supposed to sound according to "official" grammar rules);
- added humble, honorific and formal versions of some of the most common verbs;
- added more short example phrases with various tenses to practice application of some of the grammar rules covered in this set;
- added some signal words (as I like to call them) and fixed expressions, since these can be so crucial for a proper understanding of what is being communicated (even though they are technically not conjugations or combinations of verbs).
The grammar points in this deck can also be found in the following Google Docs document, which can be used for quick look-up with Ctrl-F of verb-endings or contractions that may sound unfamiliar: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14LumKZtd8sInxkydlqDZmPRt97xcQwfWGsdWYOXGGQo/pub.
Most of the grammar points included here are inspired by Wayne P. Lammers' comprehensive grammar book "Japanese the Manga Way", but without using any of its example sentences or manga images, since those are copyrighted. This review set is only a study aid that summarizes the understanding of Japanese grammar I obtained when using that book. Since Japanese grammar itself is part of the public domain, I don't feel that publishing test questions that I came up with myself after reading the book violates any copyrights or other rights. Of course, buying the book is warmly recommended if you want the explanations and illustrations that said author provides.
Sample (from 338 notes)
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| Front | How can something be quoted? |
| Back | Word, phrase or complete sentence + と + a "quoting verb" like:いう ("to say")よむ ("to read")きく ("to write"). |
| Exception/reverse question | What is thus achieved? |
| Hint or mnemonic | |
| Tags |
| Front | "Don't you want [an item]?" (PL2) |
| Back | ほしくないのか |
| Exception/reverse question | |
| Hint or mnemonic | |
| Tags |
| Front | Of what is -なきゃ the colloquial contraction? |
| Back | The verb-ending -なければ (i.e. the negative -ば form or "if it isn't ~") |
| Exception/reverse question | What is the colloquial contraction of this verb ending? |
| Hint or mnemonic | |
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