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Originally Posted by Paperface
I'm a bit worried, I've been taught loads of verbs in the polite form, I went out of my way to learn a few in the dictionary form. But now I'm wanting to use -te conjugations more and I'm having problems figuring them out as I don't know all the dictionary forms.
I know the eimasu to ete trick, but that doesn't cover the i-verbs.
Is it better to learn the -masu form and the -te form? or should I only really only be learning the dictionary or root form and then figuring out all the others from there?
I've googled, but it seems to differ. some places say stick to learning the dictionary forms. Others say just learn the forms as you use them (so masu, then -te) etc.
Thanks!
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It seems you haven't googled enough.
Using the te form is really simple to use.
Te form
So basically
u,tsu,ru- tte
mu, bu, nu -nde
ku-ite
gu-ide
su-shite
and iku become itte
other rules
Group 2 verbs
just drop the ru and add te
group 3 - suru - shite kuru - kite