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Strange conjugation of 煎る ー is it an irregular verb?
I looked up いる in the OJAD Pitch Accent Dictionary, which shows every verb conjugation and the pitch accent of each conjugation. 要る and 入る, and 居る and 射る were conjugated as I would have expected, as ...
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What is the difference between しない and じゃない?
So as the title says,
What is the difference between しない and じゃない?
And is じゃない even a verb?
I know that しない comes from する.
It's in the negative form. (It should be mizenkei)
But when I tried to ...
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Is there a difference between 行くった and 行った or is the first one grammatically wrong?
When I want to write ‘Today I went to Nagoya.’ Which one is correct?
今日は名古屋に行くった。
Or
今日は名古屋に行った。
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Why isn't ある's negative form あらない?
ある is listed in dictionaries as having ラ行五段活用, which would suggest a negative form of あらない. However, that form does not exist. Why not?
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Are there more irregular verbs like 行く?
I thought when you have a consonant-stem verb ending with -ku you replace it with -ita. For example kaku ("to write") becomes kaita.
But this doesn't happen with iku, which becomes itta, so I guess ...
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Why is it なさそう and not なそう
"It seems there is none" is なさそう, which escapes the usual rule for 形容詞 (イ-adjectives), which says "drop the い and add そう".
Is there a historical explanation for this exception? And does it have ...
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For verbs with irregular humble/honorific forms, are the regular forms still used?
There are verbs with irregular humble forms, e.g. the humble form of 借りる is 拝借する.
For these verbs, are the "normal humble conjugations" still used, or considered grammatical?
Would お借りする be ...
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