The other kind of verbs are two fold. The first of the two are called Godan or Yodan Verbs. Both mean verbs that end in anything outside of ERU and IRU; Ichidan verbs. That’s right every other verb that doesn’t end in either ERU or IRU is a Godan verb.
Examples of Godan Verbs:
Kau – かう – To Buy
Uru – うる – To Sell
Yobu – よぶ – To Call
Kaku – かく – To Write
Manabu – まなぶ – To Learn
Try to pick out the Godan verbs from the list below.
The other type of verbs are the the most hated group. Exception verbs. Exception verbs themselves fall into two categories.
Group One:
Suru – する – To Verb
Kuru – くる – To Come
Iku – いく – To Go
These three verbs are tricky and you unfortunately have to learn their unique conjugation table via wrote memorization. Luckily though, these are the only verbs that you really have to do that with. For once you can distinguish Ichidans from Godans conjugation is quite simple, but we will go into that another week. Or you can check out the 30 Day Challenge.
Group Two:
Liar Verbs: Etc.
Kiru – きる – To Cut
Shiru – しる – To Know
Group Two exception verbs are super annoying. They are verbs that look like Ichidan verbs but are conjugated like Godan verbs. There are not many of these verbs but they do pop up every so often.
どうしまようか – What should we do?
あの人(ひと)- That Person
に – Directional Particle
話(はなし)- Talk
行く(いく)- To Go
べき – Should
だろう- Predicate
か – Question Particle
どうかしら – I don’t know
お母さん(おかあさん)- Mom
その – That
お守り(おまもり)- Charm
どこ – Where
で – Location of action
手に入れた(てにいれる PAST)- Get
の – Informal Question Particle
後(あと)- After
に – Direction Particle
して (する)To Verb
シクシク – Crying Onomatopoeia
Bolded Words are Godan Verbs.
いく – To Go
はなす – To Speak
みる – To See
える – To Get
ある – To Exist
なく – To Cry
とぶ – to Jump/Fly
たべる – To Eat
ねる – To Sleep
もつ – To Hold