Just asking but aru is also one of the three exceptions so it should also follow with the rest of the exceptions yes? Aru--->Ite (te form)------>Ita (past tense)
@@sleepycritical6950 ある in the negative is simply ない the base form, so it conjugates as ない does (ない, なくて, なかった, etc) and in polite speak ある = あります, and the negative is ありません
In my 3 months of self-studying japanese online, this has to be one the most helpful resources I've found yet, you sir deserve to be paid for your efforts. 先生、本当にありがとうございます。
EDIT: There are 2 additional Irregular Verbs 問う (tou, ask/blame) and 請う (kou, beg) for the TE form conjutation They conjugate as 問うて and 問うた / 問うて and 問うた instead of the normal conjugation for う ending verbs (って and った)
@@GameGengo It's my honour. I always had problems with grammar and you explained everything in a simple way the N5 and the N4 topics (that I've seen so far), also the Kanji series made it easy to recognise. I went through dozens of channels but not a single one put out so much information like that, especially with amazing video qualities. Please continue with the great work!
An astounding amount of work went into this. It boggles my mind how you've worked in such specific examples from games that span across decades haha. I'm hoping to one day enjoy some of these very games purely in Japanese. Thanks!
This channel was the ONLY way that i cared about grammar. I love the examples and the explanations are in depth without spending hours on each thing. The anki decks for the N5 and N4 grammar was one of the BEST resources ever. I spent 1 year immersing and taking vocab cards but until 3months ago i barely knew half of N5 grammar. You are a MUST WATCH for any learner and you focus on fun instead of "optimal study 18hours a day without listening to any english and dont listen to anything you enjoy". Truely you fill a hole this community NEEDED thank youuuu
Wow thanks so much! Absolutely! That's the most important thing at the end of the day! To just have fun learning Japanese and not take things so strictly! It's a fantastic language with a super rich culture to enjoy! Thanks so much for your support!
My god your video is amazing. I missed the first 3 months of my Japanese language school because of being hospitalized with blood clots related to a kidney tumor. Since I started attending classes a few weeks ago, I have been SOOOO lost. We're doing Minna No Nihongo and they completed lessons 1-20 before I arrived, so I started when they were on 21, nearly finished with the book. There is so much vocabulary and grammar I just don't know or have a clue about, and since they are building on previous grammar points, the new stuff just doesn't stick. I'm not kidding when I say that while I'm in the classroom I can't understand the vast majority of what we're doing or what the sensei says. It's all in Japanese, which is fine, but sheesh... there is no plan in place to get students like me caught up. I was just sent the first 20 lessons via Google within 3 weeks and then plopped into the classroom. Your video is really, really helping me understand but now my challenge is actually committing it all to memory, along with the vocabulary I lack and the kanji I keep getting (usually 15-25 per week). If you have any videos or suggestions about getting up to speed, I'd appreciate it so much. Thank you again for a great video.
Keep practicing. For beginners, it must be an obsession to get anywhere. Pimsleur’s Japanese is a great way to speak and understand the essentials. You can listen to it anytime, anywhere. There came a point where things just started to click. It will happen for you if you don’t give up. Now, I just finished my first week in Japan and needed to go back over this vid because I knew it was important. It’s great ammunition for my arsenal. Stay strong my friend. You’ll get there. Bo
That was a lot to take in at once. I expect to return to this video several times before I have this all down pat. But at least there is finally someone on TH-cam who actually gets to the meat of things for Japanese verb conjugations.
If there are any other Complete series videos you'd like to see like this, let me know in the comments! I plan on making many more like this and the Complete N5 and N4 videos 💪😁
For everyone reading this comment. DO NOT MISS THIS VIDEO!! It is so damn helpful to understand and to organize everything in your head. So thank you so so much for this video. It´s like all the lessons in the textbooks were collected and put into a 1,5 h long video. AND EVERY SEC. WAS WORTH IT !!!
Method #1.5 to tell if a verb ending in -eru/iru is an ichidan or a godan : If the word is three syllables or more, the ichidan will have the okurigana (meaning the hiragana that sticks out of the kanji) for the syllable before the る while godan verbs will only have the る as a okurigana. For example 帰る and 変える are both pronounced kaeru, but the first one only has the る standing out so it's a godan, while the second one has the え+る sticking out, so it's a ichidan. Another example 食べる (taberu) has the べ sticking out so it's an ichidan, 喋る (shaberu) only has the る sticking out, so godan. Another method is to know the "nominalized" version of the verb through some vocabulary words you know. for example 着る and 切る are both pronounced kiru, and since it's only two syllables the method used above doesn't work. But if you know the word 着物 (kimono), you'll see that the "ki" part is just the verb 着る that dropped the ru, which only ichidan verbs do. and if you know the word 思い切り (omoikiri) you'll notice that 切り has the る from 切る turned into り, which is what only godan verbs can do.
@@endray46 Miru isn't an exception, it's just a two kana long verb, as I explained in my original comment, the method only works if the verb is at least three syllables long. When you think about it, it makes sense. If it's only two kana long, then the first kana has to be a kanji and the last one has to be the る, so you can't have anything else sticking out. For these verbs you have no choice but to learn them individually, like 居る (iru, to be) is ichidan but 要る (iru, to need) is godan. There are also verbs that are more oftenly written using kana only so if you come across them in a text without the kanji the only way to tell is to check a dictionary.
When we meet masu form first this is harder to apply, for 起きます for example I spent some time thinking that the dictionary form was 「起く」 until I found out that this doesn't exist and the real dictionary form is 「起きる」and the verb is an ichidan
I’ve been studying Japanese on and off for like over 10 years or something and this is maybe one of the best resources I have ever encountered, thank you so much for this (and patreon supporters for supporting this).
I've been living in Japan now for 11+yrs, and at times I still need a refresher on the language. Game Gengo has got to be the most comprehensive, easy to understand channel for learning Japanese I've come across. Truly amazing!
@@GameGengo You're most welcome, and truly deserving! I'm currently watching your entire N3 series (looking forward to the N1) alongside the 13 Sentinels as I love sci-fi a lot, and your passion clearly shows in the video! Brings joy to my heart seeing others happy!
Although your material is more towards beginner intermediate, it's nice to hear a natural sentence. Thanks for all the hard work on your videos, I know finding all those video clips and writing the subs at a grind
Thanks for enjoying the video! Just so you know, the channel isn't beginner/intermediate focused, I'll be doing N2/N1 as well! This channel is Japanese focused! The goal is to cover it all here :)
If you want to really solidify what you're learning in this video, I suggest, as Matt goes through each type of conjugation, to Google "random verb conjugation practice" and do that specific group until you think you have a good grasp for it. Then continue on to the next video section and repeat.
Brilliant.. honestly everything is perfect, timeline, examples, rythme, peaceful tone. This type of long complete video is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much 🙏
I watched this seminar in one sitting! Thank you very much for your content. I've started learning Japanese with Minna no Nihongo last month and always had been afraid of the verbs. Your video made it all clear to me in a most intriguing way! I loved the Xenoblade bits. You've earned yourself one more sub, sir!
I can't believe I only found out your channel lately... your content is the best teaching material I'vs seen so far in more than a year of self-studying, and for what you can't offer like daily exercises, you also have videos to get this material... I probably can't even comprehend the necessary amount of work you put in your channel for free, and I think I speak for many people by thanking you with this comment.
I'm in the middle of the video and from here can just say: This video is perfect! Everything is well explained with good examples and listening, I'm glad to found this
I was really impressed by this video!! All the explanations and examples about conjugation are precise and unique. However, I'm afraid one of the examples is not right, and it is the most confusing part of Japanese grammar rules, I guess. In Chapter Passive Form (Irregular) 51:30 , you explain about "来られる" as a passive form, but in the first example (Fire Emblem Engage), the boy says, "来られる" as a respectful form (THE ROYALTY COME to see). In the second one (Judgement), "来られる" means "can come," and the guy says "ようにする" to intend he'll see to it (that help comes). In short, "来られる" means three different meanings (respect, possibility, and passive form). Anyway, I really like your videos and always look forward to watching another one!!
Really this is the best channel THERE IS to learn japanese. I love how you always put video game examples because we can see how the grammar it's used in actual context, instead of just having an idea of how it works but never see in practice. I also love it because I've learned so many words from it, more than duolingo and other apps could ever teach. So thank you so much sensei! I'll support you always!! ❤❤
I just want to say this guide has been incredible so far. Ive been going back to it again and again for review and your explanations are much more helpful than my Genki book.
Wow! Now I can really grasp all those verbs conjugations. The best part: it's all in one video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, man! Much appreciated =)
This is one of my favorite channels for learning japanese, Matt is doing an amazing job with every video posted. I can see the love and dedication put in all his uploads.
Personal timestamps 15:40 uses of verb stem 17:40 て form (polite) 23:20 all godan て forms 41:35 要る 1:00:04 causative passive godan 1:05:53なさい soft order 1:14:44 たら form 1:18:02 potential and passive for same for ichidan 1:18:53 potential form contraction 1:26:10 volitional godan NOT よ !
As someone who just started studying Japanese Studies in University three months ago this video is a perfect recap and consolidation for what I've learned so far and a headstart for the conjugations I am going to learn in the future! Thank you!
What a great video! The amount of work that went into this must have been staggering. Unsure if anyone brought it up already, but at 1:16:15, the card for 脱いだ / 脱いだら is incorrect and is written as 脱いたら. But to have made so much content and delivered it flawlessly with game examples, it's still amazing. My sincere thanks for putting in this colossal effort!
I think this is possibly the most helpful free material I have come across. It's simple, straightforward and has easy to follow examples that have provided me with a great place to start studying the introduced concepts thoroughly.
Yes! Yes! Yes! This is what I’ve been hoping for! I’ve been studying Japanese for years and have gotten so far but the verb conjugations ALWAYS trip me up! This will help so much! Thank you and everyone who was involved in the maki by of this video!
passive form really wrecks the brain... i found it as the most difficult form to absorb compared to the rest others especially this part 51:35 when others being "to be + verb 2" and it’s suddenly "to have + verb 2" meanwhile the examples being ""there are times they COME to see the divine dragon" how is this passive? "i’ll make sure that help COMES" where did the HAVE go? and it’s worst english is not my mother language, feel like my brain fails me because i don’t study english hard enough 😂 but other than that i’m blown away with the amount of works being put into your videos. you’ve just gained a new subscriber, thank you for the valuable lessons!
I've been looking for a video like this for so long! And I got it from none other than the best japanese learning channel :) Thank you for all the quality content you provide!
Thank you so much for this video GameGengo! I finally got around to watching it and you introduced me to all these conjugation forms and explained them perfectly! I had already heard most of if not all of them from various Japanese pieces of content but now I finally get to understand what each one means. 本当にありがとうございます、言語先生！
just finished genki 1 finally and was struggling with te form conjugation and was going to go back to it, this helped so much. Thanks for all the resources man they're fantastic!
Another incredibly high quality, top notch video Matt. Everything was great and I also took a note on two things: one thing I was actually unsure about, and another that I think might be another helpful way for people to remember one of the more complicated points: First off, Im not sure about the logic of using the nai form to distinguish ichidan and godans...It seems to be presented as a trick for knowing if a verb is ichidan or godan, but, creating the nai form correctly assumes you *already* know if the verb is ichidan or godan, right? Similarly, this trick could be said about nearly any conjugated form, right? If you know how the verb conjugates then you will nearly always know if it is ichidan or godan, but, the only way to actually perform that conjugation is to already know if the verb is ichidan or godan. So, i wonder about the usefulness of this trick, though i will admit i do sometimes try to use it myself, though, i also do it based on all conjugated forms (if i am desperetaly trying to remember the form then maybe i will try to remember any known conjugation from a known sentence or phrase and work backwards). For example you gave kaeru (return) as an example of a tricky verb because it is godan. Everyone always says 'okaeri', right? So, i think this demonstrates the trick (if ichidan i dont think it would make sense for everyone to say okaeRI), though it also has nothing to do with the nai form. So, in the end im wondering about the logic of how exactly the nai form trick actually helps? I guess it assumes people will randomly commonly memorize nai forms, specifically, by heart for verbs more than other conjugations? Second, you also went over some conjugations like rareru that is further conjugated to become polite, and simply said how to do it, but, I think the easiest explanation might actually be to just mention that rareru etc are ichidan verbs (or convert the original verb to an ichidan verb after being attached), thus the same rules apply that are already taught in the video. Thus, it is logical that the politeness conversion is to simply conjugate the same way as previously discussed in the video for ichidan verbs. Finally, for any beginners out there that might want another supplemental video on this type of information, the only video that I would recommend that matches Game Gengo's quality would be Cure Dolly's video on all the verb conjugations. It heavily overlaps with this one but I think you still might find it useful for logically putting all the pieces together in the simplest way possible (and only ~20min iirc). Anyways, thanks again for the great videos. Looking forward to the next vocab episode, as always!
Aside from passive causative which was new to me, this was a great and fun way to review! Just from this video, seems like you are really good at keeping me focused on the material. Great edits and a big お疲れ様 to all of the people that made this video 無料! うぽつです！本当にありがとうございました。
Game Gengo, before I continue spotting a small mistake in the video, I want to thank you for taking your time making this video. I am a visual learner and you helped me understand how verbs in japanese work! Arigatou! And now I just want to say that around 1:16:20, when 脱ぐ is being conjugated into the conditional form, you accidently typed in いたら instead of いだら。So it should be like ぬいだら、not ぬいたら. HOpefully I am correct since, I stopped learning japanese for quite a long time until last month. Thanks for the hard work Matt! My name is also that too but a 3 letters more! Hhahaha!
Ah! You are quite right! Sorry about that! These kinds of videos just have an insane amount of things that can go wrong haha glad the error was just a simple straightforward one like that! Thanks for enjoying the video! Lots more coming! Ill be extra careful and keep an eye out for those pesky typos ;)
@@GameGengo Very true. And dont worry , Sometimes long videos can be hard to manage lol. I wish you success! YOu the best for making videos more interesting compare to other channels I'd watched
after 2 or 3 weeks i've finally finished following this video, and in my two years of casually learning japanese this was probably the most helpful video i've watched. Thank you very much
Mattさんの動画はめっちゃ役に立つだと思います！日本語を教えてくれてありがとうございます🙇🏽♂️！！！ I’ve been learning Japanese for about a year and a half now and your videos have helped out so much!! Thanks for all the hard work you and your team do! (I also bought some merch to support 😁)
立つ is already a verb, you don't need to verbalize it with だ before と思います. 役に立つと思います is correct. Putting a だ there makes it off. Technically you would put a だ when your subclause ends in a non verb like say 綺麗だと思います as 綺麗 is not a verb, or rather, 綺麗 by itself does not constitute a valid sentence. That being said, in modern day Japanese most people wouldn't put a だ even then, despite that being technically ungrammatical. 綺麗と思います is technically incorrect but a LOT of Japanese people will drop the だ before と思う in real life Japanese (as opposed to textbook Japanese).
@@FrozzenKi can't list cuz I got exam incoming. But some JLPT N2文型 has optional da before to omou thus it's a free choice prolly just euphony iirc bunkei+ということ「だ」
@@Adhjie "Free choice" if you are being lenient for subclauses that don't end in a verb, considering how Japanese works in real life. Like the example I gave with 綺麗. Though if you are doing a grammar test please do use the **proper** grammatical form. The excuse of "yeah that's ungrammatical but Japanese people do this a lot!" will not work to fix a bad test score. If the subclause ends in a verb and you treat it as "free choice" then you're just using bad Japanese, no other way to look at it. It's not "optional" for a verb. "verb+だ。" is a bad sentence/clause and 100% wrong for standard Japanese.
Thank you game gengo, i finished till the end. Very good video. It has been on my list for a long time. now i finally have the time (and focus) to finally complete it.
I have been desperately trying to find good video resources for conjugation to prepare for the JLPT, and there's a lot of good videos, but this video is particularly explains everything perfectly! This is exactly what I needed!
This. Was. Amazing!! Although I've learned a good couple hundred words so far, there have been many instances where I wasn't able to identify the word because of the conjugations. Your channel is honestly such an inspiration, thank you so much.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Its taken me years to understand verbs, and your video is by far the best resource I've found! I wish I had it when I was staring out. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
Incredible. I started to learn japanese few month ago and this video is a perfect review for me. So good explanation with very nice sentence. Arigato for this hard work 💪
Thank you so much for the video! Really great work! It helped me to understand verbs conjugation in general and now I can focus on each of them more deeply and structured
bro you are so cool, i just re watched this video like 3 times this month and it unlocked my 日本語 to new horizons lmao i created a whole anki deck and everything for this entire video including all the examples you made.
Bravo!! 👏 This explanation of Japanese verb conjugations using the 一段 and 五段 descriptions, rather than the TERRIBLE る and う verbs descriptions, is WAY better. Thanks for listening to suggestions and refining your teaching method. Amazing work!!
Thank you for this video!!! It's well summarized, the colors to highlight the changes help a lot, and the examples are extremely useful! I'm going to watch this over and over again until this becomes intuitive
Este canal y estos vídeos son super útiles y se nota que se ha puesto mucha dedicación y sobre todo amor. Continua así, por favor. This channel and these videos are super helpful, and it's clear that a lot of dedication and, above all, love has been put into them. Please continue like this.
what an incredible video. Using actual dialog from Anime and games as examples, stuff no one here would have ever found by themselfs, thats like i said, just incredible
List of conjugations and timestamps in video description!
Just asking but aru is also one of the three exceptions so it should also follow with the rest of the exceptions yes? Aru--->Ite (te form)------>Ita (past tense)
@@sleepycritical6950 ある in the negative is simply ない the base form, so it conjugates as ない does (ない, なくて, なかった, etc) and in polite speak ある = あります, and the negative is ありません
In my 3 months of self-studying japanese online, this has to be one the most helpful resources I've found yet, you sir deserve to be paid for your efforts.
先生、本当にありがとうございます。
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you found the video helpful!
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EDIT: There are 2 additional Irregular Verbs 問う (tou, ask/blame) and 請う (kou, beg) for the TE form conjutation
They conjugate as 問うて and 問うた / 問うて and 問うた instead of the normal conjugation for う ending verbs (って and った)
The famous u-onbin of Kansai region!
I've been learning Japanese for 8 months and this is the best channel to learn Japanese, no other comes closer
Damn what an absolute honor! Thank you so much for enjoying the channel and enjoying learning Japanese!
@@GameGengo It's my honour. I always had problems with grammar and you explained everything in a simple way the N5 and the N4 topics (that I've seen so far), also the Kanji series made it easy to recognise. I went through dozens of channels but not a single one put out so much information like that, especially with amazing video qualities. Please continue with the great work!
I can't but completely agree with you
don't tell me you learning Japanese just to watch anime🤣
@@KujiraFEl i'm a mechanical engineer. i'm learning for future opportunities in my career. And to enjoy hentai too, yes
An astounding amount of work went into this. It boggles my mind how you've worked in such specific examples from games that span across decades haha. I'm hoping to one day enjoy some of these very games purely in Japanese. Thanks!
This channel was the ONLY way that i cared about grammar. I love the examples and the explanations are in depth without spending hours on each thing. The anki decks for the N5 and N4 grammar was one of the BEST resources ever. I spent 1 year immersing and taking vocab cards but until 3months ago i barely knew half of N5 grammar. You are a MUST WATCH for any learner and you focus on fun instead of "optimal study 18hours a day without listening to any english and dont listen to anything you enjoy". Truely you fill a hole this community NEEDED thank youuuu
Couldn’t agree more. The grammar videos and decks have been game changers for me and I think this video will be too 🎉🎉🎉
What specific N5 and N4 anki decks are those? How can i find it?.
Wow thanks so much! Absolutely! That's the most important thing at the end of the day! To just have fun learning Japanese and not take things so strictly! It's a fantastic language with a super rich culture to enjoy! Thanks so much for your support!
what decks
My god your video is amazing. I missed the first 3 months of my Japanese language school because of being hospitalized with blood clots related to a kidney tumor. Since I started attending classes a few weeks ago, I have been SOOOO lost. We're doing Minna No Nihongo and they completed lessons 1-20 before I arrived, so I started when they were on 21, nearly finished with the book. There is so much vocabulary and grammar I just don't know or have a clue about, and since they are building on previous grammar points, the new stuff just doesn't stick. I'm not kidding when I say that while I'm in the classroom I can't understand the vast majority of what we're doing or what the sensei says. It's all in Japanese, which is fine, but sheesh... there is no plan in place to get students like me caught up. I was just sent the first 20 lessons via Google within 3 weeks and then plopped into the classroom.
Your video is really, really helping me understand but now my challenge is actually committing it all to memory, along with the vocabulary I lack and the kanji I keep getting (usually 15-25 per week). If you have any videos or suggestions about getting up to speed, I'd appreciate it so much. Thank you again for a great video.
Keep practicing. For beginners, it must be an obsession to get anywhere. Pimsleur’s Japanese is a great way to speak and understand the essentials. You can listen to it anytime, anywhere. There came a point where things just started to click. It will happen for you if you don’t give up.
Now, I just finished my first week in Japan and needed to go back over this vid because I knew it was important. It’s great ammunition for my arsenal. Stay strong my friend. You’ll get there.
Bo
Shout-out to executive producer TeaDrinker3000 for requesting this video to be made on the channel!
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Verb Groups
05:39 - Dictionary Form (Ichidan)
07:37 - Dictionary Form (Godan)
09:36 - Polite Form (Ichidan)
10:44 - Polite Form (Godan)
12:50 - Polite Form (Irregular)
14:15 - Masu Stem (Ichidan)
15:11 - Masu Stem (Godan)
16:10 - Masu Stem (Irregular)
16:45 - Te-Form (Ichidan)
18:44 - Te-Form (Godan)
24:27 - Te-Form (Irregular)
26:23 - Past Tense (Ichidan)
27:42 - Past Tense (Godan)
29:55 - Past Tense (Irregular)
31:06 - Continuous Form (Ichidan)
33:32 - Continuous Form (Godan)
36:05 - Continuous Form (Irregular)
36:58 - Negative / Nai-Form (Ichidan)
39:26 - Negative / Nai-Form (Godan)
42:37 - Negative / Nai-Form (Irregular)
44:27 - Past Negative (Ichidan)
45:48 - Past Negative (Godan)
46:44 - Past Negative (Irregular)
47:04 - Passive Form (Ichidan)
49:23 - Passive Form (Godan)
51:30 - Passive Form (Irregular)
52:49 - Causative Form (Ichidan)
54:34 - Causative Form (Godan)
56:32 - Causative Form (Irregular)
57:39 - Causative-Passive Form (Ichidan)
59:53 - Causative-Passive Form (Godan)
1:03:10 - Causative-Passive Form (Irregular)
1:04:21 - Imperative Form (Ichidan)
1:06:12 - Imperative Form (Godan)
1:07:37 - Imperative Form (Irregular)
1:08:45 - Conditional Ba Form (Ichidan)
1:10:22 - Conditional Ba Form (Godan)
1:12:50 - Conditional Ba Form (Irregular)
1:14:12 - Conditional Tara Form (Ichidan)
1:15:45 - Conditional Tara Form (Godan)
1:16:46 - Conditional Tara Form (Irregular)
1:17:21 - Potential Form (Ichidan)
1:20:49 - Potential Form (Godan)
1:22:43 - Potential Form (Irregular)
1:24:21 - Volitional Form (Ichidan)
1:25:56 - Volitional Form (Godan)
1:27:10 - Volitional Form (Irregular)
1:28:25 - Outro
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@@maryjeans1280me too
ありがとうございます
Goat
That was a lot to take in at once. I expect to return to this video several times before I have this all down pat. But at least there is finally someone on TH-cam who actually gets to the meat of things for Japanese verb conjugations.
If there are any other Complete series videos you'd like to see like this, let me know in the comments! I plan on making many more like this and the Complete N5 and N4 videos 💪😁
Learning grammar though Taisho x Alice game!
Complete suffixes video, like ～たい、～すぎる、～たり etc. Although it might end up being 5 hours long. 😅
Auxilary verbs like 込む, 始める, 切る etc (idk if these are correct but i keep seeing a verb +these)
Homophones list top 100 frequency
Counters for objects (枚, ぞく, ほん, etc)
For everyone reading this comment. DO NOT MISS THIS VIDEO!!
It is so damn helpful to understand and to organize everything in your head.
So thank you so so much for this video. It´s like all the lessons in the textbooks were collected and put into a 1,5 h long video.
AND EVERY SEC. WAS WORTH IT !!!
Can't image the amount of work you've put into this. Thanks a lot.
Method #1.5 to tell if a verb ending in -eru/iru is an ichidan or a godan :
If the word is three syllables or more, the ichidan will have the okurigana (meaning the hiragana that sticks out of the kanji) for the syllable before the る while godan verbs will only have the る as a okurigana.
For example 帰る and 変える are both pronounced kaeru, but the first one only has the る standing out so it's a godan, while the second one has the え+る sticking out, so it's a ichidan.
Another example 食べる (taberu) has the べ sticking out so it's an ichidan, 喋る (shaberu) only has the る sticking out, so godan.
Another method is to know the "nominalized" version of the verb through some vocabulary words you know.
for example 着る and 切る are both pronounced kiru, and since it's only two syllables the method used above doesn't work. But if you know the word 着物 (kimono), you'll see that the "ki" part is just the verb 着る that dropped the ru, which only ichidan verbs do. and if you know the word 思い切り (omoikiri) you'll notice that 切り has the る from 切る turned into り, which is what only godan verbs can do.
Thanks for the tip! I was actually stuck on using 入る and 入れる earlier so does this also apply?
@@endray46Yep, it works 入る is a godan verb (whether it's pronounced はいる or いる) and 入れる is an ichidan👍
Sorry to visit again but does this exception also apply to 見る？
This is an ichidan verb but there’s no E sound for the okurigana
@@endray46 Miru isn't an exception, it's just a two kana long verb, as I explained in my original comment, the method only works if the verb is at least three syllables long.
When you think about it, it makes sense. If it's only two kana long, then the first kana has to be a kanji and the last one has to be the る, so you can't have anything else sticking out.
For these verbs you have no choice but to learn them individually, like 居る (iru, to be) is ichidan but 要る (iru, to need) is godan. There are also verbs that are more oftenly written using kana only so if you come across them in a text without the kanji the only way to tell is to check a dictionary.
When we meet masu form first this is harder to apply, for 起きます for example I spent some time thinking that the dictionary form was 「起く」 until I found out that this doesn't exist and the real dictionary form is 「起きる」and the verb is an ichidan
I’ve been studying Japanese on and off for like over 10 years or something and this is maybe one of the best resources I have ever encountered, thank you so much for this (and patreon supporters for supporting this).
Wow that's a huge compliment!! Jeez thank you so much for enjoying the video!!
Love that you start with FF8 soundtrack in the beginning :D. Other than that: THANK YOU SO MUCH for this immensely helpful video, Matt
Thanks so much, this is such a great resource!! Love your videos, keep up the good work. :)
Wow thanks so much for your support of the channel!! I will keep doing my very best!
I've been living in Japan now for 11+yrs, and at times I still need a refresher on the language. Game Gengo has got to be the most comprehensive, easy to understand channel for learning Japanese I've come across. Truly amazing!
Damn thanks so much for the lovely comment! I really appreciate the support!
@@GameGengo You're most welcome, and truly deserving! I'm currently watching your entire N3 series (looking forward to the N1) alongside the 13 Sentinels as I love sci-fi a lot, and your passion clearly shows in the video! Brings joy to my heart seeing others happy!
Although your material is more towards beginner intermediate, it's nice to hear a natural sentence. Thanks for all the hard work on your videos, I know finding all those video clips and writing the subs at a grind
Thanks for enjoying the video! Just so you know, the channel isn't beginner/intermediate focused, I'll be doing N2/N1 as well! This channel is Japanese focused! The goal is to cover it all here :)
You haven't watch his vocab series yet
Honestly, the examples he shows are _really_ good. I'm considering mining some of them for vocab...
If you want to really solidify what you're learning in this video, I suggest, as Matt goes through each type of conjugation, to Google "random verb conjugation practice" and do that specific group until you think you have a good grasp for it. Then continue on to the next video section and repeat.
I have never seen that resource before, but it is so helpful!! Thank you
amazing thank you !!
This must have taken a TON of work - amazing video! What a great channel this is for learning Japanese!
Thank you so much! I try my best! The goal is to eventually have all of the Japanese language on the channel!
Awesome video, I’ll be joining your Discord and Patreon as soon as I learn what they are and how they work! 😂 Thanks Matt, you’re awesome
This must've taken forever to make this video, finding videogame clips with each word included, hella underrated gj!
frfr bro thats what I was thinking
There is no channel like you man. I HIGHLY appreciate those videos! They help so much ...
そういう仕事を続けください。
Brilliant.. honestly everything is perfect, timeline, examples, rythme, peaceful tone. This type of long complete video is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much 🙏
Thank you so much
I watched this seminar in one sitting! Thank you very much for your content. I've started learning Japanese with Minna no Nihongo last month and always had been afraid of the verbs. Your video made it all clear to me in a most intriguing way! I loved the Xenoblade bits.
You've earned yourself one more sub, sir!
I can't believe I only found out your channel lately... your content is the best teaching material I'vs seen so far in more than a year of self-studying, and for what you can't offer like daily exercises, you also have videos to get this material...
I probably can't even comprehend the necessary amount of work you put in your channel for free, and I think I speak for many people by thanking you with this comment.
¡Gracias!
everything combined with the animations, references to entertainment, teaching structure makes this probably the best material i`ve come across
This is the most fun filled, comprehensive yet concised video on conjugation that I have seen so far.
ありがとうございました
I'm in the middle of the video and from here can just say: This video is perfect! Everything is well explained with good examples and listening, I'm glad to found this
You rock! And made me follow the path of learning japanese! Keep up the great work and thank you for al the knowledge already shared with us
I was really impressed by this video!! All the explanations and examples about conjugation are precise and unique.
However, I'm afraid one of the examples is not right, and it is the most confusing part of Japanese grammar rules, I guess.
In Chapter Passive Form (Irregular) 51:30 , you explain about "来られる" as a passive form, but in the first example (Fire Emblem Engage), the boy says, "来られる" as a respectful form (THE ROYALTY COME to see).
In the second one (Judgement), "来られる" means "can come," and the guy says "ようにする" to intend he'll see to it (that help comes).
In short, "来られる" means three different meanings (respect, possibility, and passive form).
Anyway, I really like your videos and always look forward to watching another one!!
Really this is the best channel THERE IS to learn japanese. I love how you always put video game examples because we can see how the grammar it's used in actual context, instead of just having an idea of how it works but never see in practice. I also love it because I've learned so many words from it, more than duolingo and other apps could ever teach. So thank you so much sensei! I'll support you always!! ❤❤
I just want to say this guide has been incredible so far. Ive been going back to it again and again for review and your explanations are much more helpful than my Genki book.
Wow! Now I can really grasp all those verbs conjugations. The best part: it's all in one video.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, man! Much appreciated =)
Dude, I get so excited when i search for a subject and you've made a video on it! Thanks so much !
This is one of my favorite channels for learning japanese, Matt is doing an amazing job with every video posted. I can see the love and dedication put in all his uploads.
Personal timestamps
15:40 uses of verb stem
17:40 て form (polite)
23:20 all godan て forms
41:35 要る
1:00:04 causative passive godan
1:05:53なさい soft order
1:14:44 たら form
1:18:02 potential and passive for same for ichidan
1:18:53 potential form contraction
1:26:10 volitional godan NOT よ !
The amount of effort that went into this video is impeccable. Thank you for making such great contributions for Japanese learners!
Amazing video, thank you! I'm learning Japanese, so this definitely deserves a subscription.
With this behemoth of a video, I will slay all the verb conjugation forms like I'm playing a Musou game on easy! Thank you for all your hard work!! 💪
As someone who just started studying Japanese Studies in University three months ago this video is a perfect recap and consolidation for what I've learned so far and a headstart for the conjugations I am going to learn in the future! Thank you!
What a great video! The amount of work that went into this must have been staggering.
Unsure if anyone brought it up already, but at 1:16:15, the card for 脱いだ / 脱いだら is incorrect and is written as 脱いたら. But to have made so much content and delivered it flawlessly with game examples, it's still amazing. My sincere thanks for putting in this colossal effort!
I think this is possibly the most helpful free material I have come across. It's simple, straightforward and has easy to follow examples that have provided me with a great place to start studying the introduced concepts thoroughly.
I just wanna say, you are INCREDIBLE. I appreciate the hard work and dedication you put into each video.
i will say it again that this is the best verb conjugations video on yt. so informative and easy to understand. thank you so so much!
Best video I’ve seen explaining EVERYTHING I need to review conjugations. THANK YOU SO MUCH
Thank you so much! Glad it helps! Hope you have fun learning Japanese! :)
Yes! Yes! Yes! This is what I’ve been hoping for! I’ve been studying Japanese for years and have gotten so far but the verb conjugations ALWAYS trip me up! This will help so much! Thank you and everyone who was involved in the maki by of this video!
this might be 1 of the most useful language learning videos on this platform. the sheer amount of effort and information here is incredible
passive form really wrecks the brain... i found it as the most difficult form to absorb compared to the rest others especially this part 51:35 when others being "to be + verb 2" and it’s suddenly "to have + verb 2" meanwhile the examples being ""there are times they COME to see the divine dragon" how is this passive? "i’ll make sure that help COMES" where did the HAVE go? and it’s worst english is not my mother language, feel like my brain fails me because i don’t study english hard enough 😂
but other than that i’m blown away with the amount of works being put into your videos. you’ve just gained a new subscriber, thank you for the valuable lessons!
めちゃめちゃ丁寧😳素晴らしい動画ですね
英語の勉強にもとても役に立ちそうです！！
早速登録しました😆
I need this SO much
My pleasure! I hope you have fun learning Japanese!
The best Japanese learning channel I’ve ever had the pleasure of stumbling upon immediately subbed. Thank you for your hard work.
I've been looking for a video like this for so long! And I got it from none other than the best japanese learning channel :) Thank you for all the quality content you provide!
Thank you so much for this video GameGengo! I finally got around to watching it and you introduced me to all these conjugation forms and explained them perfectly! I had already heard most of if not all of them from various Japanese pieces of content but now I finally get to understand what each one means. 本当にありがとうございます、言語先生！
I imagine there was an insane amount of effort put into this, can't wait for the anki deck with all of these
just finished genki 1 finally and was struggling with te form conjugation and was going to go back to it, this helped so much. Thanks for all the resources man they're fantastic!
Another incredibly high quality, top notch video Matt. Everything was great and I also took a note on two things: one thing I was actually unsure about, and another that I think might be another helpful way for people to remember one of the more complicated points:
First off, Im not sure about the logic of using the nai form to distinguish ichidan and godans...It seems to be presented as a trick for knowing if a verb is ichidan or godan, but, creating the nai form correctly assumes you *already* know if the verb is ichidan or godan, right? Similarly, this trick could be said about nearly any conjugated form, right? If you know how the verb conjugates then you will nearly always know if it is ichidan or godan, but, the only way to actually perform that conjugation is to already know if the verb is ichidan or godan. So, i wonder about the usefulness of this trick, though i will admit i do sometimes try to use it myself, though, i also do it based on all conjugated forms (if i am desperetaly trying to remember the form then maybe i will try to remember any known conjugation from a known sentence or phrase and work backwards). For example you gave kaeru (return) as an example of a tricky verb because it is godan. Everyone always says 'okaeri', right? So, i think this demonstrates the trick (if ichidan i dont think it would make sense for everyone to say okaeRI), though it also has nothing to do with the nai form. So, in the end im wondering about the logic of how exactly the nai form trick actually helps? I guess it assumes people will randomly commonly memorize nai forms, specifically, by heart for verbs more than other conjugations?
Second, you also went over some conjugations like rareru that is further conjugated to become polite, and simply said how to do it, but, I think the easiest explanation might actually be to just mention that rareru etc are ichidan verbs (or convert the original verb to an ichidan verb after being attached), thus the same rules apply that are already taught in the video. Thus, it is logical that the politeness conversion is to simply conjugate the same way as previously discussed in the video for ichidan verbs.
Finally, for any beginners out there that might want another supplemental video on this type of information, the only video that I would recommend that matches Game Gengo's quality would be Cure Dolly's video on all the verb conjugations. It heavily overlaps with this one but I think you still might find it useful for logically putting all the pieces together in the simplest way possible (and only ~20min iirc).
Anyways, thanks again for the great videos. Looking forward to the next vocab episode, as always!
Okay this channel has to be the single most important discovery I ever made on TH-cam when it comes to my Japanese language learning journey
Aside from passive causative which was new to me, this was a great and fun way to review! Just from this video, seems like you are really good at keeping me focused on the material. Great edits and a big お疲れ様 to all of the people that made this video 無料!
うぽつです！本当にありがとうございました。
This is LUDICROUSLY terrific!!
I don’t know if you understand how useful this is, but thank you immensely for making this! ❤
You gave a whole new meaning to the "learn vocabulary with context" by using game sentences, I'm really impressed
You are awesome, mate, A salute to your hard work.
Game Gengo, before I continue spotting a small mistake in the video, I want to thank you for taking your time making this video. I am a visual learner and you helped me understand how verbs in japanese work! Arigatou!
And now I just want to say that around 1:16:20, when 脱ぐ is being conjugated into the conditional form, you accidently typed in いたら instead of いだら。So it should be like ぬいだら、not ぬいたら.
HOpefully I am correct since, I stopped learning japanese for quite a long time until last month. Thanks for the hard work Matt! My name is also that too but a 3 letters more! Hhahaha!
Ah! You are quite right! Sorry about that! These kinds of videos just have an insane amount of things that can go wrong haha glad the error was just a simple straightforward one like that! Thanks for enjoying the video! Lots more coming! Ill be extra careful and keep an eye out for those pesky typos ;)
@@GameGengo Very true. And dont worry , Sometimes long videos can be hard to manage lol.
I wish you success! YOu the best for making videos more interesting compare to other channels I'd watched
after 2 or 3 weeks i've finally finished following this video, and in my two years of casually learning japanese this was probably the most helpful video i've watched. Thank you very much
I've never watched an hour and a half TH-cam video.... this is very well done and informative, thank you so muchhhhh
Mattさんの動画はめっちゃ役に立つだと思います！日本語を教えてくれてありがとうございます🙇🏽♂️！！！
I’ve been learning Japanese for about a year and a half now and your videos have helped out so much!! Thanks for all the hard work you and your team do!
(I also bought some merch to support 😁)
立つ is already a verb, you don't need to verbalize it with だ before と思います. 役に立つと思います is correct. Putting a だ there makes it off.
Technically you would put a だ when your subclause ends in a non verb like say 綺麗だと思います as 綺麗 is not a verb, or rather, 綺麗 by itself does not constitute a valid sentence. That being said, in modern day Japanese most people wouldn't put a だ even then, despite that being technically ungrammatical. 綺麗と思います is technically incorrect but a LOT of Japanese people will drop the だ before と思う in real life Japanese (as opposed to textbook Japanese).
@@FrozzenK なるほど😲説明してくれてありがとう🙇🏽♂️。
@@FrozzenKi can't list cuz I got exam incoming. But some JLPT N2文型 has optional da before to omou thus it's a free choice prolly just euphony iirc bunkei+ということ「だ」
というhas a lot of collocation eg with ものetc
@@Adhjie "Free choice" if you are being lenient for subclauses that don't end in a verb, considering how Japanese works in real life. Like the example I gave with 綺麗. Though if you are doing a grammar test please do use the **proper** grammatical form. The excuse of "yeah that's ungrammatical but Japanese people do this a lot!" will not work to fix a bad test score.
If the subclause ends in a verb and you treat it as "free choice" then you're just using bad Japanese, no other way to look at it. It's not "optional" for a verb. "verb+だ。" is a bad sentence/clause and 100% wrong for standard Japanese.
Holy guacamole this is what I needed and wanted thank you so so much for the work you put into this video 😊
Matt never stop making these
Never! Not until it's all covered on the channel!...and even then I'll probably continue the vocab series for as long as I can haha
thank you so much for your videos. im getting tired from the textbooks so your vids have been really helpful with showing the language in context :))
Using games for examples was genius and super engaging. I'm usually on Japanese Pod to learn Japanese but this was really helpful.
I love this channel. I've been actually studying this one single video for like 1 week now. Super useful!
Thank you game gengo, i finished till the end. Very good video. It has been on my list for a long time. now i finally have the time (and focus) to finally complete it.
I have been desperately trying to find good video resources for conjugation to prepare for the JLPT, and there's a lot of good videos, but this video is particularly explains everything perfectly! This is exactly what I needed!
THIS IS EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER NEEDED THANK YOU SO MUCH😢🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
This. Was. Amazing!! Although I've learned a good couple hundred words so far, there have been many instances where I wasn't able to identify the word because of the conjugations. Your channel is honestly such an inspiration, thank you so much.
This is wonderful, thank you! Also love the channel.
Thank you so much. It's such a treasure to study and understand the overall verb situation in Japanese ! such a help in my studies !!
Just now spent three or even four hours studying with the contents of this video, thanks for the thorough explanations, it was really helpful.
I met people with chaos;child pfp so often, I'm surprised
@ do you mean on this video specially or in general ?
@@pistrov8150 in general
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Its taken me years to understand verbs, and your video is by far the best resource I've found! I wish I had it when I was staring out. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
Incredible. I started to learn japanese few month ago and this video is a perfect review for me. So good explanation with very nice sentence. Arigato for this hard work 💪
The fact that this video is one month old makes me feel that I have chosen the PERFECT time to learn Japanese. What would I do without you?
Your videos are very well made, thank you.
I’ve been learning for 3 years and oh how i wish this video existed before!! this whole channel is amazing 😭🤍🤍
Thank you so much for the video! Really great work! It helped me to understand verbs conjugation in general and now I can focus on each of them more deeply and structured
This was a great video! Thank you so much!
bro you are so cool, i just re watched this video like 3 times this month and it unlocked my 日本語 to new horizons lmao i created a whole anki deck and everything for this entire video including all the examples you made.
Wow! I can't even articulate how helpful this is! I am genuinely blown away by how much work you put into this and I'm incredibly grateful
Hey good use of visual design man. The colors, fonts, and layout of the text boxes was really well done.
This video was awesome! Also congrats on 50k subscribers!
You killed it with this video, sir. Thank you so much for your help 🙏
Bravo!! 👏
This explanation of Japanese verb conjugations using the 一段 and 五段 descriptions, rather than the TERRIBLE る and う verbs descriptions, is WAY better. Thanks for listening to suggestions and refining your teaching method. Amazing work!!
Thank you for this video!!! It's well summarized, the colors to highlight the changes help a lot, and the examples are extremely useful!
I'm going to watch this over and over again until this becomes intuitive
Hey brother. I've watched this video three times already. Great content, and awesome examples. I really appreciate you taking the time to make this :D
thanks for your videos!! They are edited in a way that is engaging and easily comprehensible as they are edited into bite-sized chunks. Thanks!!
Este canal y estos vídeos son super útiles y se nota que se ha puesto mucha dedicación y sobre todo amor. Continua así, por favor.
This channel and these videos are super helpful, and it's clear that a lot of dedication and, above all, love has been put into them. Please continue like this.
I think your explanative skills are exceptional.
what an incredible video. Using actual dialog from Anime and games as examples, stuff no one here would have ever found by themselfs, thats like i said, just incredible