Conjugation practice

Flip a dial. Watch the sentence change.

動詞の活用が文をどう変えるか

Japanese verbs don't agree with first, second, or third person, so the speaker changes the subject, not the verb. Flip any dial below and watch the verb ending change — and the whole meaning shift with it. A few forms also adjust the example's subject or particle to keep the Japanese natural.

2 · Watch it change

Politeness

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The highlighted word in the sentence is the verb doing the work. Casual vs. polite often looks identical in English — the register only shows in the Japanese, which is exactly the point.

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