Lesson 29: Verbs -u dictionary form

Vocabulary you will need for this lesson:

明日
あした
tomorrow

後で
あとで
later

彼
かれ
he; him

のが
の　が
used to connect two verbs to the world "like"

話
はなし
the things someone says

好き
すき
like

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The next two verbs are very common verbs that end with "-u". Today you will learn the verbs for "talk" and "ask". The -u ending classification can be confirmed in Jim Breen's dictionary. The -u ending verb classification is denoted by the v5 symbol in that dictionary.

話す
はなす
to talk

聞く
きく
to listen
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Examples:

明日、彼女と話す？
あした　かのじょ　と　はなす？
Are you going to talk to her tomorrow?

後でそれについて話す。
あと　で　それ　に　ついて　はなす。
I will talk about that later.

彼はいつも私の話を聞く。
かれ　は　いつも　わたし　の　はなし　を　きく。
He always listens to me.

彼は私の話を聞くのが好きです。
かれ　は　わたし　の　はなし　を　きく　の　が　すき　です。
He likes to listen to me.

Note: Notice how in the first two examples the dictionary form expresses the future tense. In the next two examples it is used to express the simple present tense.