Japanese verbs

What is a verb?

• Doing word

• Something you can touch, see, taste or smell

• Describing word

• Word you put in a sentence to make it interesting

What do normal verbs usually end with?

• ます

• ました

• ません

• ませんでした

いきます

• To do

• To go

• To play

• To study

します

• To play

• To do

• To listen

• To learn

べんきょうします

• learn

• study

• listen

• eat

ききます

• Hear

• Talk

• B

• Listen

みます

• To sleep

• To see

• To watch

• To wake up

よみます

• Read

• Write

• Speak

• Listen

ならいます

• To learn

• To live

• To go

• To listen

What does changing ます to ました do?

• Makes it be future tense

• Makes it past tense

• Makes it negative tense

• Changes the verb