Comments on: A List of the 10 Most Useful Japanese Verbs

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:09:58 +0000

‘Cuz last time I checked, there is no “Si”, “ti” or “tu” sound in japanese….’

These sounds all exist in Japanese, just that the consonants get palatalized. Your complaint is a bit like complaining that “cabeza” should be written “cabetha” in Castilian Spanish, because that’s how it’s pronounced according to English spelling rules.

Hint: it’s Japanese, not English! Authentic Japanese is rarely written in romaji/roomazi anyway, so I suggest you quit whining about somebody’s romanization. Wanna learn more? Wiki “Hepburn romanization” and “kunrei romanization”.

By: Geqo

Geqo — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:06:51 +0000

Also agree on the “shi” rather than “si”, “tsu” rather than “tu” and “chi” rather than “ti”

I can understand why you’re using the masu forms, although it might be fair to give a warning to say that those aren’t the root forms of the words. But otherwise, fairly good selection of useful verbs.

You might also think of including kikimasu (to listen) and shaberimasu (to talk)

By: Natasha

Natasha — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:42:14 +0000

Ur japanese isnt right. are you just learning to speak english?
suru- plain dictionary form = to do
chigau- plain dic form= wrong, different
tsukuru- plain dic form= to make

By: rebeca

rebeca — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:21:58 +0000

What romanization form are you using?

Cuz last time I checked, there is no “Si”, “ti” or “tu” sound in japanese….
u mean Shimasu and Tsukurimasu and Chigaimasu, right?

Im curious to know about this other way to romanize Nihongo…