Japanese common verbs game
Fourteen verbs in the polite masu form rather than the dictionary form, because masu is what you will actually say to anyone you have just met. Two of them mean exists, and which you use depends on whether the thing is alive.
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Five games take this set. Sky Rescue gives you long enough to read each verb properly, which matters here because several of them differ only in the syllable before masu.
The 14 words you will practise
| Japanese | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| ですdesu | to be, it is | dess |
| ありますarimasu | there is (things that cannot move) | ah-ree-MAHS |
| いますimasu | there is (people and animals) | ee-MAHS |
| 行きます いきますikimasu | to go | ee-kee-MAHS |
| 来ます きますkimasu | to come | kee-MAHS |
| しますshimasu | to do | shee-MAHS |
| 見ます みますmimasu | to see, to watch | mee-MAHS |
| 食べます たべますtabemasu | to eat | tah-beh-MAHS |
| 飲みます のみますnomimasu | to drink | noh-mee-MAHS |
| 話します はなしますhanashimasu | to speak | hah-nah-shee-MAHS |
| 住んでいます すんでいますsundeimasu | to live somewhere | soon-day-MAHS |
| 働きます はたらきますhatarakimasu | to work | hah-tah-rah-kee-MAHS |
| 分かります わかりますwakarimasu | to understand | wah-kah-ree-MAHS |
| できますdekimasu | to be able to | deh-kee-MAHS |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the Japanese common verbs lesson.
5 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
Questions
Arimasu or imasu?
Both mean there is. Arimasu is for objects, plants and abstractions; imasu is for people and animals. Japanese splits existence by whether the thing can move under its own power, and getting it wrong is immediately noticeable.
Why the masu form rather than the dictionary form?
Because masu is the polite form and the one a beginner needs first. The dictionary form is what you look a verb up under, but saying it to a stranger is markedly casual. Every other language in this library uses its dictionary form; Japanese is the exception on purpose.
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