Chapter 4 - Basic Verb Forms Flashcards

Question

こられる

Answer 1

To be able to come (potential form of くる)

Answer 2

To be able to do (potential form of する)

Answer 3

SUI; mizu - Water Visual: Harpoon being pulled out of the water. Aural: “Watch me zoom across the Water with my SWEEt moves.”

Answer 4

AN; yasu - Ease (can mean inexpensive) Visual: Legendary women of history used pincers to lead lives of Ease; pincers would deposit them in baths, etc. Aural: AN (On) a businessman’s salary, you can buy a suit with Ease.

Answer 5

RYOKU, RIKI; chikara - Strength/Power Visual: Flexing bicep. Aural: In RIO, COUpons feature RIKI, a Powerful bodybuilder, who has in his cheek a rat.

Answer 6

KA; natsu - Summer Less common: GE Visual: At the Summer barbecue it’s self-serve; you get the top of a bun and a running chicken, and you take it from there. Aural: In the Summer, the main delicacy is something KAlled (called) gnat soup.

Answer 7

SEN - Thousand Less common: chi Visual: The comet told the scarecrow, “ A journey of a Thousand miles starts with a single step,” but of course the scarecrow couldn’t move. Aural: Thou-SEN-d.

Answer 8

KYŪ; yasu - Rest Visual: Giraffes Rest in trees. Aural: “Try a souffle!” “That’s tacky, you know. You’re supposed to let souffles Rest before you serve them.”

Answer 9

SHŪ; te - Hand Less common: ta Visual: A hand holding chopsticks. Aural: If someone is bugging you, raise your Hand and go, “SHU! Take off!”

Answer 10

HON; moto - Main, origin, book, this, etc. Visual: The world’s Main myth is that people can from a union of hamburger patties and trees. Aural: In motocross, they HONe their Main skills before focusing on details.

Answer 11

KA - Change Less common: KE; ba Visual: Giving a beggar a stuffed giraffe instead of Change. Aural: KAr Change.

Answer 12

kawa - River Less common: SEN Visual: Looks like a River. Aural: Saying, “kawabunga!” while surfing on the River.

Answer 13

TAI; karada - Body Less common: TEI Visual: The Main part of a giraffe’s self-identity is its Body. Aural: The Body ship can make a rad ambulance by TAI-ing a surfboard to the top of it.

Answer 14

HOKU; kita - North Visual: Sleepwalker heads North past beggar; beggar follows, thinking she’s going to Santa’s workshop, where Santa gives away presents. Aural: HOK Ur (Hock your) wares in the North, so you can charge a ski tax.

Answer 15

DEN; ta - Rice field/field. Visual: Looks like a rice field. Aural: “DENg! The rice in my Rice Field is getting tall!”

Answer 16

DAN; otoko - Man/male Less common: NAN Visual: Strong Men working in a field. Aural: DAN in a Male polar bears club, dipping his toe in the water and saying, “O! Toe cold!”

Answer 17

KA; ie - House (can have relation to family)/ as a suffix, means a person skilled with preceding kanji Less common: KE; ya Visual: To try to make friends, I hung a pig on pincers outside my House. It did not work. Aural: I park my Canadian KAr at my House.

Answer 18

TŌ; higashi - East Visual: Sun rising in the East behind a tree. Aural: When I lived on the East Coast, I had a friend who always cut open his TŌ. Boy, did he gash easy!

Answer 19

SHI; omo - Think Visual: I buried the heart in a rice field, but then I kept Thinking of all the ways it could be discovered. Aural: SHIla Thinks in slow motion.

Answer 20

mimi - Ear Less common: JI Visual: Looks like an Ear. Aural: When my friend asked who in our group had pierced Ears, I tugged on my Ear and said, “Me! Me!”

Answer 21

FU; chichi - Father Visual: Jupiter, the Father of the gods, dumps his wishbones and other scraps into a volcano. Aural: A stutterer might say FU-Father or chi-chiter (cheater).

Answer 22

GEN; i - Say Less common: GON; koto Visual: Actor playing Dracula, Saying what’s on his script. Aural: And aGEN (again) I Say...

Chapter 4 - Basic Verb Forms Flashcards

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