Japanese consonant and vowel verbs
- Japanese consonant and vowel verbs
Japanese has two types of regular verb,
#consonant stem, nihongo|godan katsuyō|五段活用|, Group I, or "u" verbs, and
#vowel stem, nihongo|ichidan katsuyō|一段活用|, Group II, or "ru" verbs.Although both types are considered regular verbs, the consonant stem verbs conjugate differently from the vowel stem verbs. The consonant stem verbs conjugate after a consonant, and the vowel stem verbs conjugate after a vowel, as can be seen in the following examples:
External links
* [http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/which-ichidan.html sci.lang.japan FAQ's list of iru and eru consonant stem verbs.]
References
*Seiichi Makino and Michio Tsutsui, "A dictionary of intermediate Japanese grammar", published by The Japan Times, ISBN 4-7890-0775-8.
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