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lends kas-u kas-eba

writes kak-u kak-eba

swims oyog-u oyog-eba

reads yom-u yom-eba

calls yob-u yob-eba

dies shin-u shin-eba

Irregular comes

verbs kuru kureba

does
suru sureba

Adjectives is expensive taka-i taka-kereba

is good i-i, yo-i yo-kereba

wants to eat tabeta-i tabeta-kereba

wants to go ikita-i ikita-kereba

does not eat tabena-i tabena-kereba

does not read yomana-i yomana-kereba

Copula equals da (na, no)
nara

The word nara sometimes appears after other inflected

forms: suru nara (= suru no nara) ‘if it is a matter of doing,’
shita nara (=shita no nara) ‘if it is a case of having done.’ The

provisional of negative adjectives, shinakereba ‘if I don’t do,’

is usually equivalent to English ‘unless’ + the affirmative: