I found this chart:
| Meaning/Function | Suffix | Example | Translation |
| Suffixes that Follow Plain/Informal Forms | |||
| should | -beki desu | taberu- beki desu | 1 should eat. |
| probability | -desho | taberu-desho | I'll probably eat. |
| possibility | -kamo shiremasen | taberu- kamo shiremasen | 1 might eat. |
| person | -hito | taberu-hito | the person who eats |
| because | -kara | taberu-kara | because 1 eat |
| noun-maker | -koto | taberu-koto | the act of eating |
| things | -mono | taberu-mono | things to eat |
| time | -toki | taberu-toki | when 1 eat |
| intention | -tsumori desu | taberu-tsumori desu | 1 plan to eat. |
| Suffixes that Follow Stem Forms | |||
| while | -nagara | tabe-nagara | while eating |
| purpose | -ni | tabe-ni | in order to eat |
| difficulty | -nikui | tabe-nikui | It's hard to eat. |
| overdoing | -sugiru | tabe-sugiru | 1 overeat. |
| desire | -tai | tabe-tai | 1 want to eat. |
| Suffixes that Follow Te-forms | |||
| doing a favor | -ageru | tabete-ageru | 1 eat for you. |
| present perfect | -aru | tabete-aru | 1 have eaten. |
| present progressive | -iru | tabete-iru | 1 am eating. |
| requesting | -kudasai | tabete-kudasai | Please eat. |
| attempt | -miru | tabete-miru | I'll try to eat. |
| completion | -shimau | tabete-shimau | I finish eating. |
I want to ask sensei to look over the list also to make sure that it's correct...(no sense in studying wrong things right?)
The one thing I found really fascinating about the verb suffix's, is that you can make WHOLE SENTENCES with just a verb and its suffix! That makes things so much more convenient....if I only knew how to use the -miru form for attempting...in any case I just thought it would be good to share with you guys :D
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Another thing I'm still in the process of trying to fully "figure out" is the word "mitai" as in "inu mitai"
but that sentence can be taken as "like dogs" or couldn't it be taken "I want to see dogs?" Thats one thing that I"m not too sure on right now...probably best to go bug sensei..
*walks off*
4 comments:
The chart seems to be correct! Noun-mitai will be visited in class! Noun-mitai means "look like Noun" ex. Baka-mitai=looks idiot! -GTS
To form full Onmyou balance add this one by tabe-nikui
-yasui easy to
tabe-yasui easy to eat
Wow, this is very helpful! I'm going to take this and keep it for the future even though I'm only in the first year classes.
Do you have any recommendations for supplementary reading and learning materials? Before I started class with GTS, I was teaching myself from the Genki books, but they were difficult to learn from by myself. I figure you three have had a chance to discover some stuff that could greatly benefit me in my long journey to learn Japanese! ^__^
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