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<p>
	All verbs in <strong>Group 2</strong> end in <strong>る</strong>.
	Note that not all verbs ending in <strong>る</strong> are in Group  2; as we have seen <strong><ruby>入hai</ruby>る</strong> belongs in <strong>Group 1</strong> even though it ends in <strong>る</strong>.
</p>

<p>
	Verbs in Group 2 are easily transformed into their long form using the following two steps:
</p>

<ol>
	<li>Remove <strong>る</strong> from the end of the verb to obtain the <strong>stem</strong>.</li>
	<li>Attach the <strong>ます</strong> ending to the stem.</li>
</ol>

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			<th>English</th>
			<th>Dictionary form (casual)</th>
			<th>Stem</th>
			<th>Long form (neutral/formal)</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>to see; to look at, to watch</td>
			<td><ruby>見mi</ruby>る<br/>miru</td>
			<td><ruby>見mi</ruby><br/>mi</td>
			<td><ruby>見mi</ruby>ます<br/>mimasu</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>to eat</td>
			<td><ruby>食ta</ruby>べる<br/>taberu</td>
			<td><ruby>食ta</ruby>べ<br/>tabe</td>
			<td><ruby>食ta</ruby>べます<br/>tabemasu</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>to leave, to go out, to exit</td>
			<td><ruby>出de</ruby>る<br/>deru</td>
			<td><ruby>出de</ruby><br/>de</td>
			<td><ruby>出de</ruby>ます<br/>demasu</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<p>
	The verbs <strong><ruby>見mi</ruby>る</strong> and <strong><ruby>食ta</ruby>べる</strong> take <strong>direct objects</strong>, and <strong><ruby>出de</ruby>る</strong> does not take an object.
</p>

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			<th>Japanese</th>
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Group 2 verbs

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

adjectival noun

adverbial phrase

adjectival phrase

The verb to be

Hiragana 1

Kanji 1

Writing hiragana 1

Writing kanji 1

Hiragana 2

Kanji 2

The question particle か

Writing hiragana 2

This one and that one

Writing kanji 2

Reading exercise 1

Reading exercise 2

Hiragana 3

Negating nouns

Writing hiragana 3

The topic particle は

Kanji 3

The possession particle の

い-adjectives and な-adjectives

The subject particle が

Here and there

There is, there are

Writing kanji 3

Kanji 4

Group 1 verbs, direct and indirect objects

Hiragana 4

Verbs in the past tense

Negating verbs

Invitations and the particle と

Negating past verbs

Writing hiragana 4

Reading exercise 3

Writing kanji 4

Reading exercise 4

Kanji 5

Nouns and the past tense

This and that

The group 3 verbs する and 来る

The discourse particles ね and よ

The location particles に and で

Hiragana 5

Writing hiragana 5

Writing kanji 5

The destination particles に and へ

Kanji 6

The origin particle から

Hiragana 6

Relative positions

Conjugating い-adjectives

Writing hiragana 6

Writing kanji 6

Hiragana 7

Writing hiragana 7

Kanji 7

Conjugating な-adjectives

How are you?

The particle も

The word ちょっと

Reading exercise 7

Katakana 1

English	Dictionary form (casual)	Stem	Long form (neutral/formal)
to see; to look at, to watch	見みる miru	見み mi	見みます mimasu
to eat	食たべる taberu	食たべ tabe	食たべます tabemasu
to leave, to go out, to exit	出でる deru	出で de	出でます demasu

English	Japanese
I will watch the king tomorrow.	明あ日した　王おう　を　見みます。ashita ou o mimasu.
I will eat shellfish.	貝かい　を　食たべます。kai o tabemasu.
Do you eat shellfish?	貝かい　を　食たべます　か？kai o tabemasu ka?
I will leave now.	今いま　出でます。ima demasu.

Japanese 29 - Group 2 verbs

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