Identifying Verb Group

Hi all,

One of the things about learning 国語 (Kokugo, the Japanese language which is learned by native Japanese) is that they have different ways of identifying their group 1, 2 and 3 verbs.

If you are unsure if a verb is group 1 or 2, remove the る、ない、た、etc from the verb and add a ない、if it ends with a [あ]-sound, then its a group 1, else its a group 2.

e.g はなさない (hana-SA-nai) : group 1
たべない (ta-BE-nai): group 2
みない (MI-nai): group 2…

Have a good weekend ahead.

/Can

2 responses to “Identifying Verb Group”

  1. Thanks for sharing this its really helpful. Just out of interest what is the name of the book in the screenshot?

    1. It’s a book that only can be purchased by Japanese high school students. I no longer have the title.

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