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Japanese verb conjugation the simple hard way

. you can take the dictionary form of a verb (for example, "taberu", to eat) and turn it into many forms: taberu ("eat"): tabemasu (polite "eat"), tabemashita (polite "did eat"), tabemasen (polite "not eat"), tabemasendeshita (polite "did not eat"), tabenai (casual "not eat"), tabenakatta (casual "did not eat"), tabetai ("want to eat"), tabeta (casual "did eat"), tabete ("eat and...").

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