All of the following are "Can you?" questions EXCEPT:
• Tsukae masu ka?
• Ike masu ka? • Tabe masu ka? • Hanase masu ka?
Forum Rocket Japanese Japanese Grammar quiz 1.4.1 q5. not sure why it is wrong, can someone please explain?
quiz 1.4.1 q5. not sure why it is wrong, can someone please explain?
Tania--1
November 2, 2011
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November 2, 2011
here, the answer is: "tabe masu ka ?". I was also at odds with that question long ago.
The explanation is that the verb is: taberu (it ends in ru), so you can't go by the convention of adding -ru/-eru to the stem of the verb. These verbs conjugate to the "can form" by adding -rareru/-rare masu to the stem of the verb.
So here, the can form of taberu would be: taberaremasu, not tabemasu :).
コッド
Robin88
November 9, 2011
Tania 1 San
dont think about the can do form for the moment, you will learn that later on.
master Masu form first or els it will confuse you.
Robin
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