About Japanese Verbs

1. Japanese verbs can be divided into three groups:

2. The distinction between Ru-verbs and U-verbs can be made based on the following rule:

Examine, for instance, the following:

Ru-verbs: taberu (to eat) miru (to watch) neru (to sleep) okiru (to get up)

U-verbs: nomu (to drink) kiku (to listen) tsukuru (to make/cook) yomu (to read)

The distinction between Ru-verbs and U-verbs plays a crucial role in conjugating Japanese verbs!

3. The following lists the types of verbs introduced in Chapter 1.

To which group do the following verbs belong?
Check yourself!

Congratulations! You finished Chapter 1. But before moving to Chapter 2, do all the drills in Chapter 1 again!.