The ULTIMATE Japanese Verb Conjugation CHEAT SHEET

Japanese verb conjugations are actually very easy if you just understand the Japanese verb stem system. The Japanese verb stem conjugation system is often overlooked by conventional textbooks but is the system that native Japanese speakers use to conjugate verbs.

Instead of letting the textbooks lie to you about how there are hundreds of complex verb conjugations in Japanese, understanding the native verb stem system allows you to see how Japanese verbs only really have 5 conjugations.

This video will be a step by step breakdown of how the Japanese verb stem conjugation system works as well as a brief look at every stem and some of the helper verbs and adjectives (助動詞) that can attach to each appropriate stem.

🎬 Timestamps:
00:00 How Japanese Verbs REALLY Conjugate
01:18 い-stem (連用形)
03:48 あ-stem (未然形)
06:35 え-stem (命令形・仮定形)
08:57 お-stem (推量系)
09:28 Lego-Like Structure of Japanese Verbs
11:32 Solving a Strange Oddity
12:53 DON'T use THIS Japanese System

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