U - verbs Flashcards
(53 cards)
to go (destination に/へ)
いく
to go back; to return (destination に/へ)
かえる (kaeru)
to listen; to hear (~を)
きく
to drink (~を)
のむ (nomu)
to speak; to talk (language を/で)
はなす (話す)
to read (~を)
よむ (yomu)
to meet/see a person
[person] に あう
there is ~
~ が ある (see p.77)
to write/draw
かく (書く = writing, 描く = drawing) (わたし わ [person*] に [what’s written] を 書く)
to take (pictures)
(~ を) とる
to wait
(person/service を) まつ (待つ)
to understand
(~ が) わかる
to speak (slightly less formal than “hanasu”)
しゃべる
to hurry
いそぐ (急ぐ)
to swim
およぐ (泳ぐ)
to die
しぬ (死ぬ)
to stand up
たつ (立つ)
to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
あそぶ (遊ぶ)
to buy
かう (買う)
walk
あるく (歩く)
to use
つかう (使う)
to take (sth/photo/measure/lunch); to record; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to catch; to adopt (method)
とる (lots of kanji depending on what’s taken)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located
ある (有る)
to turn back (e.g. half-way) // to return; to go back // to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned
もどる (戻る)