Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese LanguageCollado, Diego
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Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language
Collado, Diego
Japanese language -- Grammar
Xi _In the present change _Xi_ to Suru, xita, xeô, ôzu, ôzuru,
_Suru_. In the preterit add xeyo, xenu, _or_ zu.
Faixi _Ta_ to the root. In the future Faisuru, faixita, faixeô,
change _Xi_ to _Xeô_. In the faixeyo, faixenu.
Tayxi[22] imperative change _Xi_ to _Xe_ Tassuru, taxxita, taxxeò,
and add _Yo_, _i_, or _sai_. In taxxeyo, taxxenu.
Gaxxi the negative add _Nu_, or _zu_ Gassuru, gaxxita, gaxxeô,
to _Xe_._ gaxxeyo, gaxxenu.
Zonji _In the present _Ii_ is changed Zonzuru, zonjita, zonjeô,
to _Zuru_. In the preterit _Ta_ ôzu, ôzuru, zonjeyo,
is added to the root. In the zonjenu.
Caronji future _Ii_ is changed to _Ieô_, Caronzuru, caronjita,
etc._ _etc._
Vomonji Vomonzuru, vomonjita.
Sanji Sanzuru, sanjita.
Goranji Goranzuru, goranjita.
Soranji Soranzuru, soranjita.
Ganji Canzuru, canjita.
Manji Manzuru, manjita.
_Many of these verbs have another, less used, form made by adding _Ru_ to
the root; e.g., _Abi, abiru_; _Mochiy, mochiyru_; _xiy, xiyru_. Among these
are some that have only this second form and lack the first; e.g., _Mi,
miru_; _Ni, niru_; _Fi, firu_; _Cagammi, cagammiru_; _Ki, kiru_ "to dress,"
as distinct from _Ki, kuru_ "to come"; and _y, yru_._
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CHART A
[The Formation of First Conjugation Verbs Ending in _E_]
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