て-form: the key to everyday sentences
Most of the sentences you missed in the level check depended on one verb shape, the て-form. Learn it with 25 everyday verbs and you can make requests, ask permission and say "after…". Tap to hear any line. The bar at the bottom plays a hands-free drill for walking.
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25 everyday verbs
Each verb shows its dictionary form, its て-form and a short sentence you'd actually say at home or out and about. Examples ending in た are past tense, which is made the same way as the て-form.
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How to make the て-form
For most verbs, the ending decides everything. Read down the table once, then use the verb list to test yourself.
| Ends in | Becomes | Example |
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- Past tense comes free. Swap て→た and で→だ: .
- Watch for fake る-verbs. (go home) looks like but it's a u-verb: , not かえて. The same goes for .
- One odd one out. ends in く but becomes .
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Three patterns to use today
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Say it in Japanese
Say each one out loud before you reveal the answer. Getting close counts.