How To Negatively Conjugate The Japanese Verb: 'To Read'
Written byIchika Yamamoto
The table below will show you how to negatively conjugate the Japanese verb yomu - to read 読む.
Conjugation of Japanese verb yomu - to read 読む | |
|---|---|
| Verb Class | The basic form of Group 1 verbs end with "- u". Verbs in this group are also called consonant-stem verbs or godan-doushi (Godan verbs). |
| Stem | yom - |
| Te form | yonde |
| Infinitive | yomi |
| Negative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanji | Katakana/Hiragana | Romaji | ||
| Present Indicative | Plain | 読まない | よまない | yomanai |
| Polite | よみません | yomimasen | ||
| Presumptive | Plain | 読まない だろう | よまない だろう | yomanai darō |
| Polite | よまない でしょう | yomanai deshō | ||
| Imperative | Plain | 読む な | よむ な | yomu na |
| Polite | よまない で ください | yomanai de kudasai | ||
| Past Indicative | Plain | 読まなかった | よまなかった | yomanakatta |
| Polite | よみません でした | yomimasen deshita | ||
| Past Presumptive | Plain | よまなかっただろう | yomanakatta darō | |
| Polite | よまなかったでしょう | yomanakatta deshō | ||
| Present Progressive | Plain | |||
| Polite | よんで いません | yonde imasen | ||
| Past Progressive | Plain | |||
| Polite | よんで いません でした | yonde imasen deshita | ||
| Provisional | Plain | よまなければ | yomanakereba | |
| Polite | よみません なら | yomimasen nara | ||
| Conditional | Plain | よまなかったら | yomanakattara | |
| Polite | よみません でしたら | yomimasen deshitara | ||
| Potential | Plain | 読めない | よめない | yomenai |
| Polite | よめません | yomemasen | ||
| Causative | Plain | よませない | yomasenai | |
| Polite | よませません | yomasemasen | ||
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