website/japan/language/homework2/verb_forms.js

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heading.append(addTitle("Japanese Language"));
heading.append(addParagraph("Philip Osztromok"));

main.append(addHeader("Japanese Verb Forms"));
main.append(addSubHeader("The masu form"));
main.append(addParagraph("The masu form indicates present tense and is the polite form.  An example of this is"));
main.append(addVocab("wakarimasu", "I understand"));

main.append(addSubHeader("The masen form"));
main.append(addParagraph("The masen form is similar to the masu form and indicates present tense negative.  It is also the polite form.  An example of this is"));
main.append(addVocab("wakarimasen", "I don't understand"));

main.append(addSubHeader("The nai form"));
main.append(addParagraph("The nai form is the casual form of the plain negative and in usage, it is similar to the way we use not with a verb in English.  It is formed by dropping the masu (or masen) ending, changing the final vowel sound to an a and adding nai.  For example, we can use nomimasen for I am not drinking.  In the nai form, this would be"));
main.append(addVocab("nomanai", "I am not drinking or I don't drink"));

main.append(addSubHeader("The tai form"));
main.append(addParagraph("This is not strictly a verb form but it is used to indicate a desire so it is roughly equivalent to I want in English.  It is formed by adding tai to the stem of the verb."));
main.append(addVocab("nominai", "I want to drink"));

main.append(addSubHeader("The te form"));
main.append(addParagraph("The te form is used to connect verbs and clauses.  For example, if we want to say I want to eat, we can use the tai form which is tabetai.  If we want to say I want to eat and drink we might say"))
main.append(addVocab("watashi wa tabete nomitai", "I want to eat and drink"));

main.append(addSubHeader("The te iru form"));
main.append(addParagraph("The te iru form is a continuous form so it describes an action that is ongoing or something that is happening as a consequence of a past action.  An example of this is"));
main.append(addVocab("watashi wa ikite iru", "I'm alive"));


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