The second syllable ‘teen’ is long and clear. It’s the stressed syllable. Knowing these stress patterns can help you hear the difference between words that sound the same. Let’s put it all ...

But today, let’s learn another pattern. In this pattern, you are to change not only MASU but also one syllable before it. If the syllable before MASU is RI, you change RI and MASU together ...

Each group has its own patterns of conjugations. "Group 1" are the verbs that have the vowel I in the syllables before MASU. KAKIMASU (to write) is an example. When the verbs in this group ...