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For る verbs, take off the final る and add よう. | For る verbs, take off the final る and add よう. | ||
| − | 食べよう Let's eat | + | *食べよう Let's eat |
| − | 寝よう Let's sleep | + | *寝よう Let's sleep |
For う verbs, change the verb to Base 5 and add う | For う verbs, change the verb to Base 5 and add う | ||
| − | 買う 買おう Let's buy | + | *買う 買おう Let's buy |
| − | 読む 読もう Let's read | + | *読む 読もう Let's read |
| − | 乗る 乗ろう Let's ride | + | *乗る 乗ろう Let's ride |
| − | 死ぬ 死のう Let's die (Hopefully, something you don't come across..) | + | *死ぬ 死のう Let's die (Hopefully, something you don't come across..) |
する and 来る are irregular; their forms are しよう and こよう. | する and 来る are irregular; their forms are しよう and こよう. | ||
Revision as of 01:19, 10 October 2010
The volitional form; plain tense
You probably already studied the volitional form (Let's ~) in the polite tense (～ましょう)
- (If not, check out Tae Kim's guide, "Making a motion to do something using the volitional form (polite)" here: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/desire )
In this lesson, we will see how to form the "Let's ~" in the plain tense.
For る verbs, take off the final る and add よう.
- 食べよう Let's eat
- 寝よう Let's sleep
For う verbs, change the verb to Base 5 and add う
- 買う 買おう Let's buy
- 読む 読もう Let's read
- 乗る 乗ろう Let's ride
- 死ぬ 死のう Let's die (Hopefully, something you don't come across..)
する and 来る are irregular; their forms are しよう and こよう.
- 借りておこう! Let's plan on returning (it)!
- 剣で草を切ろう Let's cut the grass with the sword.
- オイラとれんしゅうしよう Let's practice together.
