Useful て form Pairs
Useful て Form Pairs This page covers some common words paired with the て form. While its just a simple application of the て form, they are extremely useful and common, and can help...
Category: N4 Verb Forms
ようにする and ようになる
ようにする・なる This page explains another する・なる pair, ようにする and ようになる。 ようにする Try toPlain form verb + ようにする ように can be used with する to mean something like “do so that X happens”.Its kind of...
Starting and Ending Actions
Starting and Ending Actions This page explains how to express starting and finishing actions. As these verb forms represent states, you will mostly use が. You should use は only if it is a...
Verb Difficulty
Verb Difficulty This page deals with やすい、にくい、and づらい. These verbs are nouns that can attach like a suffix to the ます stem of a verb to describe its level of difficulty to do. やすい...
てあげる and てもらう
～てあげる and ～てもらう If you haven’t already, please read the giving and receiving page. てあげる and てもらう are used to express giving and receiving actions. てあげる and てもらう both use を and に just...
ておく、てみる、てよかった
Preparation and Trying ておく To prepTransitive verb て form +おく The ～ておく means “To do in advance/leave in a state for some purpose”. There is an intent behind the action. Examples ドアを開けておく – I’ll...