24 Hours of Japanese Lessons in 1 Blog Post: Elementary One

Make new friends, but keep the old.

Group 1 Verbs:
kakaru kaku kiku oyogu hanasu iu au matsu kaeru yaru yobu yomu nomu shinu aru toru kau shiru wakaru

Conjugate the last syllable according to the six forms. Exceptions:
kaku becomes kaite,
kiku becomes kiite,
oyogu becomes oyoide and
hanasu becomes hanashite.

Group 2 Verbs:
Damn a lot of verbs, all ending in -ru.

Conjugate away the last syllable. Nai masu ru reba yoo te.

Irregular Verbs:

Ko ki ku ku ko ki, shi shi su su shi shi. Kite and shite. Enough said.

Iku and iru both conjugate to itte. Context.

Ii and Na Adjectives

Kireii is an exception. It is na.

For negative forms, i turns into ku. Muzukashikunai. Or else, shizuka janaindesu.

Vocabulary

Sugu immediately!
Hako box!
Tana shelf!
Hendusne that's strange!
Pan bread!
Yoku a lot!
Sukoshi a little!
Ryooshin parents!
Kaban bag!
Gakki musical instrument!
Soji cleaning!
Hikooki plane!
Tsukue desk!
Takusan sugiru too many!

Questions

Donnogurai? About how much?
Donnogoro? About how much (time / quantity)?
Dou? How about?
Douyatte? How?
Dare ikutsu doko ikura nani kara made dakara blahblah.

Directions

Migi hidari ue shita naka soto.