ていく and てくる
ていく and てくる Verb comes, Verb goesVerb て form + くる – Verb comesVerb て form + いく – Verb goes いく and くる are verbs that represent “movement“, but in different directions. いく...
Category: Verbs
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Verb Types Japanese generally has 2 types of verbs, Transitive (action verbs) and Intransitive (state) verbs. This is hard to understand in English, as we use the same verbs for both situations, so let’s...
ことにする and ことになる
ことにする and ことになる ことにする and ことになる are essentially the same as Nounにする and Nounになる, but with nominalized verbs instead. This is achieved through using こと to nominalize the verb. Reminder: する implies a decision...
だろう and でしょう
だろう and でしょう ProbablyNoun/Adjective/Verb + だろう/でしょう。 だ and です also have a volitional form: だ→だろう です→でしょう Usages Unfortunately, だろう and でしょう don’t mean the same thing ましょう does. There’s a lot of different meanings...
てはいけない and てはならない
てはいけない and てはならない This page explains てはいけない and てはならない, two nearly identical phrases andcommon sound variations and abbreviations. てはいけない Verb is not allowedVerbてはいけない Verbてform+はいけない, means doing the verb is prohibited. It is usually used...
Verb Nominalization
Verb Nominalization ～の ~ing (Noun)Dictionary form + の The の particle can nominalize the dictionary form of verbs; that is, to make them into nouns. This the gerund (noun) “ing” in English. Examples 勉強するの...