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Learn Japanese Grammar Video Absolute Beginner S1 #20

Negative Forms of Class 3
Japanese Verbs

CONTENTS
2
2
2
2
2
3
3

Kanji
Kana
Romanization
English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar

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KANJI
1.

2.

KANA
1.

2.

ROMANIZATION
1.

Daijbu...

2.

Chikoku shinai yo.

ENGLISH
1.

It's fine...

2.

I won't be late.

VOCABULARY
Kanji

Kana

R omaji

English

kuru

to come;V3

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muzukashii

difficult

sakk

soccer, football

daijbu

OK, all right, no

problem

jugy

class, lesson

sensei

teacher

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Densha wa nan-ji ni kimasu ka.

Nihon-go wa muzukashii desu.

What time will the train come?

Japanese is difficult.

1999J-1 J-2

sen kyhyaku kyj kynen ik, nihon no sakk

wa jeiwan to jeits no futatsu no rgu ga arimasu.

Sakk ga nigate desu.

I'm bad at playing soccer.

Since 1999, the Japanese soccer league has

had two divisions: J-1 and J-2.

Kaze desu ka? Daijbu desu ka?

Nihongo no jugy ga suki desu.

Do you have a cold? Are you all right?

I like Japanese class.

Sensei ni ayamatta.
I apologized to the teacher.

GRAMMAR
T he Focus of T his Le sson Is Ne gat ive Forms of Class 3 Ve rbs Suru and Kuru
In the last two lessons, we looked at how to create the negative form of Class 1 and Class
2 verbs. In this lesson, you'll learn how to create the negative form of Class 3 verbs, which

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means you'll be able to say things like "I'm not doing ____ " or "I'm not coming" in
informal Japanese.
T he Ne gat ive Form of Class 3 Ve rbs

Let's take a look at how to create the negative form of Class 3 verbs in Japanese. Note
that there are only two Class 3 verbs in Japanese: suru (meaning "to do") and kuru
(meaning "to come"), and that they conjugate irregularly.

Af f irmat ive

suru

kuru

"English"

"to do"

"to come"

Ne gat ive

"English"

shinai

"don't"/"doesn
't do," "won't
do"

konai

"don't"/"doesn
't come,"
"won't come"

Sample Se nt e nce s

1.

Madoka wa sakk o shinai.

"Madoka doesn't play soccer."

2.

Ky kento wa sakk o shinai.

"Kent is not going to play soccer today."

3.

Ashita gakk ni konai.

"I'm not going to school tomorrow."

T he Phrase Daij bu ("It 's f ine "/"I'm f ine "/"No proble m")

The word daijbu () is one of the most common words you will encounter in
Japanese. It literally means "all right" or "no problem," and its exact meaning depends on
the situation. When we say it with rising intonation, it becomes a question to ask whether
someone/something is all right.

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For Example :
St at e me nt ("I'm/it 's
okay")

Que st ion ("Are you/Is it

okay?")

Informal Japanese

Daijbu.
()

Daijbu?
()

Formal Japanese

Daijbu desu.
()

Daijbu desu ka?

()

Example :
1.

Kurokawa sensei: Daijbu desu ka. Jugy wa muzukashii desu ka.

Ms. Kurokawa: "How are you getting on? Are your classes difficult?"

Here, Ms. Kurokawa is asking Kent whether everything is all right in regards to his classes.
If Kent wanted to say that everything was all right, he could simply reply with Daijbu
desu (.).

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