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In season 5 lesson 9 it shows how to convert ~ます verbs to casual/dictionary negative form.
With ‘group 1′ type verbs it says to take the last kana and change it to an “a-sound” then add ない to it.
In the practice sheet I noticed that those verbs where the last kana is い, it gets changed to わ, rather than あ.
Is that the general rule? (the lesson doesn’t mention it).
I am at the same level as you, therefore this might be incorrect. However, you should be conjugating the Dictionary Form. ます Group 1 verb ending in い becomes う. For example, さがいます becomes さがう in Dictionary Form. Then the う in A-Form is わ+ない. Therefore さがわない.
You’re correct. ~う becomes ~わない always. I’m not at all sure why that wouldn’t be mentioned in the lesson…
Thanks all!
@Joel – At first it I assumed it was an exception, except that it was happening all the time! Thanks for clarifying.
@mtb – The rule in the lesson says you can convert from masu or dict form. Doing from dict form makes more sense.
I am just curious…
さがう??? I have no clue what you wanted to write, but it has no meaning that I know of.
Not entirely sure if you’re as confused as you claim, マーク. What happens if you turn the さ back-to-front? =P
That was a good catch, though. I didn’t even notice…
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