Japanese

<p>
	Conjugating verbs to the <strong>negative present tense</strong> in the plain form varies depending on the verb's ending.
	There are three types of endings we need to pay attention to:
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	<li>Group 2, or <strong><ruby>一iti段dan</ruby></strong> verbs, which all end in <strong>-る</strong></li>
	<li>Group 1, or <strong><ruby>五go段dan</ruby></strong> verbs that end in <strong>-う</strong></li>
	<li>Group 1, or <strong><ruby>五go段dan</ruby></strong> verbs that do not end in <strong>-う</strong></li>
	<li>The irregular verbs <strong>です、ある、する、来る</strong></li>
</ol>

<p>
	For <ruby>一iti段dan</ruby> verbs, replace the <strong>-る</strong> with <strong>-ない</strong>.
	For example, <strong>食べる</strong> becomes <strong>食べない</strong>.
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<p>
	For <ruby>五go段dan</ruby> verbs that end in <strong>-う</strong>, change the <strong>-う</strong> into <strong>-わない</strong>.
	For example, <strong>買う</strong> becomes <strong><ruby>買わない</ruby></strong>.
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<p>
	For <ruby>五go段dan</ruby> verbs not ending in <strong>-う</strong>,
	change the <strong>う</strong>-sound into an <strong>-あ</strong>-sound, and add <strong>ない</strong>.
	For example, <strong><ruby>行iく</ruby></strong> becomes <strong><ruby>行iかない</ruby></strong>.
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<p>
	And finally, the negative plain form for the irregular verbs is as follows:
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            <th>Plain Form Positive</th>
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            <td>だ</td>
            <td>じゃない</td>
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            <td>ある</td>
            <td>ない</td>
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            <td>する</td>
            <td>しない</td>
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            <td>来る</td>
			 <td><ruby>来ko</ruby>ない</td>
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	And here are example sentences for each of them:
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The Plain Form III: Present Tense Negative 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

Word	分わかるwakaru
Meaning	to be understood; to understand
Part of speech	verb
Pronunciation
Course	Japanese
Lesson	The Plain Form III: Present Tense Negative Verbs

Although (I) don't understand it, (I) like it!	分わからない　けど、　好すき　だ　よ！wakaranai kedo, suki da yo!
Did you understand? Yes, I understood.	分わかりました　か。　はい、　分わかりました。wakarimasita ka. hai, wakarimasita.
Do you understand Chinese?	中ちゅう国ごく語ご　が　わかる　か。tyuugokugo ga wakaru ka. Literally: is Chinese understood?

Japanese - wakaru

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